Today was the day I was going to up my sprint work to two sets each of 800,400,200, and 100. As I rode up to the track at the university, I saw a bunch of school kids in track suits..."This can't be good." All the gates were closed except one, where a couple of ladies were taking money for entry. "I guess I'm not running my speed interval set today, huh?" She said, "Not today, not until about 5:00pm anyway. And not tomorrow, either. Two day city track meet."
As I did on Monday morning when I found the pool closed for the week, I just went away. I really need to have backup plans for each workout. Pool closed. Track not available because of a track meet. Wind. Rain. Snow. My problem is that I simply walk away from the workout when I can't do what I wanted.
I'll take this as the learning point for this week.
I'm a family guy who is addicted to swim/bike/run and anything to do with getting out into the backcountry wilderness areas. This blog focuses on the swim, bike, run and other various aspects of my attempts to finish in the top ten percent of my age group in whatever race I do. It used to be all about finishing the legs of an Olympic Distance triathlon: swim in 20 minutes, bike in 60 minutes, and run in 40 minutes. Now, it's more about training well and finishing well.
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