The crescent moon hung low, almost hugging the roof tops and its outline blurred by the humidity. The air was dead still, and the east coast was unusually quiet. Hardly anyone all the way until the UDMC seafood center, where a few occasional cyclists and strollers were out and about. Most of the seafood restaurants were empty. Not surprising, given this was 10 pm on a Wed night.
Wishing for rain - it has been a long time since I ran in the rain - but my wish was not to be. It felt kinda nice to be out at night. Couldn't remember the last night run. Would have been months ago.
But let's start from the top.
After slacking off for a week, it's back to higher intensity training this week.
Yesterday, 40 laps swim, with 20x50 m fast swim and 1 min recovery.
This was how it went:
1.02, 0.58, 1.02, 1.10, 1.06, 1.06, 1.06, 1.09, 1.07, 1.08 (30s recovery),
1.01, 1.03, 1.03, 1.04, 1.01, 1.05, 1.05, 1.06, 1.07, 1.09 (60s recovery)
ave: 1.054 (first 10 laps), 1.044 (second 10 laps); 1.049 overall. First time below 1 min on 50 m. But not sustainable.
Swimming beside me was an elderly man. No goggles, with a tummy but boy could he swim. Arms recovered low above water, not much kicking, but perfectly horizontal. He powered himself across the pool like a 20 year old. And he would recover, with a finger on his wrist to monitor his HR. Maybe 45 sec for a lap?
Today, stationary bike session in the morning: 10x4 min fast spinning (HR~155-170) with 3 min recovery. Found it harder than I thought, and managed only 8 reps. Was sweating buckets all the way. Phew.
Evening, an aerobic run. Was ambitious and wanted to do a long run. But could only manage 12 km. HR below 140 most of the time. Slow pace about 8 min/km. Was too preoccupied with various issues to concentrate. But enough to compose the short passage above. :)
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