October 13, Thursday

After a day off,  I felt very strong for a 70 minute workout at the fitness center.  I began with 20 minutes working arms and core. I continued with 50 minutes in the pool, my longest pool sessions so far.   I swam for 15 minutes. Then I ran for 30 minutes including 7 x  (30- 20-10) pickup sets.  I wanted to finish with 15 more minutes of swimming, but I was too exhausted and only able to do 5 additional minutes.  Then 10 minutes in the whirlpool. I will sleep well tonight!

  My AT is better each day.  I could probably run on it right now, but it would require lots of attention each time to maintain. Since I am pretty happy with the work I have been doing  (swimming, biking and lifting) during this base building period of my training,  I choose not to begin running until my Achilles is completely healed.

And since my stats have been consistent, I am not worried.