First, I would like to invite all of you to follow all 5 of us training for Ironman Wisconsin on the Crushing Iron Facebook page. That page will include posts from everyone and give you a deeper understanding of what this training group is all about. I was shocked to see that we got almost 150 likes in one day, so maybe there’s something to it all?
Tonight’s workout was actually a swim and not a bike as I stated in my previous post. In theory we were supposed to do a warm up, followed by 50 x 25 sprints with :30 rest between. The focus was on fast.
I met Daniel at 7:00 with my fancy new Ironman swim watch and spent half the workout trying to figure out how the hell it worked. I wasn’t sure if swimming with someone would make a difference, but it was actually pretty cool. We shared a lane and basically chased each other all night. And, it is just a fact, working out with someone else is always going to raise your game.
I finally got the watch figured out on the 20th sprint and we only ended up doing about 28 because the lifeguard kicked us out. Well, not really, but they closed at 8.
I hadn’t really done much sprinting before, but it is painfully obvious that my form is much better when I’m sprinting. I have a natural tendency to focus on my core and don’t have time to wobble all over the place. Including warm up and some stuff at the end I probably swam 20 laps, but it was probably the most gratifying swim I’ve had yet.
We have weights in the morning and I’m gonna try to get some sleep now. Slowly, but surely my internal clock is shifting. Hopefully by September I’ll be waking up naturally at 5 am.