May 4th, Friday

Solid 60 minutes in the pool this afternoon. Pretty serious 30 straight minutes of swimming. I am alternating 3 stroke, 4 stroke and 5 stroke breathing techniques to see which is most efficient and most comfortable.  The five stroke series raises my heart rate and puts pressure on my aerobic system, which I think is a good thing. I’m hoping that will help me become stronger both in the water, on the bike and at the 5k.

Next I ran in the deep end for 30 minutes interspersing five x 75 /50/25 stride segments.   That combination of work usually gets me pretty fatigued.

Stats –

Weight = #155

Sleep = 7 hours

Foot indexes  are still low to moderate.  But surely they spike whenever I run faster. I have begun to golf ball roll, stretch and do the foot exercises.

HR 5 hrs after workout at 11pm = 62 bpm

May 1st, Monday

Walked on the beach in early afternoon. Then tried to run a little on the cinders in early evening. Could not get going because of sore and heavy  quads. Jogged and stopped to stretch for 1 and a half miles to no avail. Just gave up and went home.  I may have underestimated the draining effect of the long pool workout yesterday or the residual effect of the interval work on Friday. Tomorrow is another day.

Status update;

Maintaining 8 to 9 hours sleep daily which is pretty good.

Experiencing minimal lower leg discomfort upon rising in the morning which is also good.

Weight is staying in the mid 150’s which is a little higher than I would like but not bad.

Base heart rate remained steady at 54 beats per minute. Remarkably consistent.