Best workout ever.

This has been a good week for working out. I was able to motivate myself to get out and run on Tuesday. That run was awesome. It was somewhat short at four miles (can you believe I think that's short nowadays?!). But it was FAST. I felt like a gazelle right out of the gate, and ended up running at a 9.37 minute/mile pace. The weather Tuesday morning was awesome, being a balmy 50 degrees at 6:30am.

Good thing I ran on Tuesday, because Wednesday's weather took a major dive. It was only 13 degrees that day. Of course, Wednesday night was swim practice. Swim practice was pretty good. I swam well in my time trials, and felt strong throughout. We knocked out 3350 yards that night. The one thing about winter training is that it's no fun going to swim practice only to have to head back outside in freezing weather with long, wet hair.

So today was my next opportunity to get some exercise in. It was group spin, and we all met at Fraser Bike Shop. I felt really good today (lack of beer last night?), so I did double duty and biked with both the Olympic training session and the Half Ironman training session. In the end, I was on my bike for just shy of two hours, riding well over 30 miles.

But the day didn't stop there. I decided to join the half Ironman team to run outside afterwards. It was a bit windy, but the temperature was a comfortable 30 degrees (what I consider my favorite running temperature). It was still very icy from the snow that had melted and refroze. I wore some traction spikes on my running shoes, which allowed me to effortlessly run over the slipperiest of conditions without worry. I love those things!!! In the end, I got in four miles of running through the ice and snow. I felt FANTASTIC and would have gone further, but my stomach just wouldn't allow it. At that point, it was 12:15pm and I had only had 1 energy bar and 2 power gels since awaking. I was flat out hungry.

So after 2 hours and 40 minutes of constant exercise, I treated myself to a 6" chicken teriaki sub from Subway, and it may have been the best Subway sandwich I have ever had.

It was a GREAT workout day, and I'm really happy that I'm out of my rut.

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