December 11, 2007

Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Swam 2000 m, 42:00. I broke it up mentally into (10 lap) blocks of 500 m, with about 0.5 seconds rest between blocks, just enough time to check the watch. 10:41; 10:08; 10:30; 10:41; passed the mile mark in 33:40.
There’s just a little congestion and coughing left, and today for the first time in a week I felt strong, as if I could go 5000 m easy at 10:40 pace. If it hadn’t been 10 minutes past pool closing I would have gone another 500. I wish my heart monitor were waterproof. Later this week I’m thinking of 3x500 m with 100 m rest as a tempo workout. The 10:08 felt like a nice tempo pace, but I would like to know the hr.
It’s snowing pretty good out – about 6 inches since it started at 4:00, and the roads between here and the pool are pretty slick. During the drive I was reminded of another reason I love the north country – many drivers up here love driving on slick roads. You see cars all the time (including mine) intentionally fishtailing, powersliding and generally having fun testing the limits of their traction. Near accidents and driftsmacks which would elicit screams from a flatlander are done as casually as changing lanes. The snow is sposed to come down steadily through tomorrow morning, so one thought comes to mind, as it would for any teacher. Two hour delay. That would be great. I could run in the morning, through the new snow. C’mon Snow!!!