Thursday: About 5.5km on the track with the BEC XC runners. Followed that with a really tough swim. 1.5 hours, something around 2000m of mostly IM sets. Brutal.
Saturday: Planned to bike to the pool but I woke up to a howling wind. The lake was choppy and the trees were swaying so I stayed in bed for an extra 20 minutes. Did about 2600m in the pool. Started with warm-up followed by 800m. That's the longest continuous swim I've done since the summer. Felt good. After that the sets were very heavy on kick. Not cool. My kicking truly sucks. On a good note the coaching this year is truly excellent.
I have something going on with my right elbow. Pain when I put any pressure on it. Hurts a bit in the water, especially with the motion of breast stroke. Hmmm. Ice and time I hope.
Sunday: Annual Pumpkin Run. 5km (ish) in Petersfield Park. Last run in the CB Roadrunners points series. This is a tough 5k. The park is beautiful but there are lots of short hills and tight turns that keep the heart rate high and the pace relatively slow. Weather was cool and a bit misty but the rain held off until the race was over. Finished in 27 minutes and change and wasn't feeling the greatest. I was over 30 minutes last year so I'll take it. I dressed up as Captain Awesome. Pretty lame.
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