Tonight the plan said a 5 mile run with 4 hill repeats followed by an 1700m swim.
It was a sunny evening when I set off on my run but my legs weren't really feeling it! I think they thought "Hey! Its Friday - Wine time!" but I pushed on and tried to ignore them!
After a mile warm-up I decided to do my hill repeats to get them over with whilst I still had a little bit of energy left!
I was amazed to discover that running up a hill and then jogging down again actually energized me, and even after completing the required four I wanted to keep going! However, I was very aware that I still had a lot of mileage and a swim to complete so didn't push my luck too much!
I ran 4.6 miles at an average 9.23 minute mile pace which wasn't too bad considering I had the hill reps in there too!
After running I had a quick shower (didn't want to pollute the pool!) and went down to the pool. I don't often swim on a Friday evening and I was surprised at how quiet it was!
I managed 4 sets of 400m before doing a 200m cool down. I tried to concentrate on technique rather than speed since I was feeling tired!
Altogether I swam 1800 metres in 43 minutes.
A bike ride tomorrow!
But for now ... a very well deserved glass of wine!
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