Yesterday (Friday), did the following 'pyramid' swim workout: 1-3-5-7-5-3-1 continuous laps; a total of 25 laps for 1250 yards. Did the 3, 7, 3 continuous laps with the pull buoy, the others without. Rest between each series was about 30-45 seconds. Held very consistent splits for each lap throughout the workout, so slowly gaining endurance while keeping my form and speed.
Today (Saturday), rode a mid-distance 38 miles on the tri-bike, the whole ride in the big chainring. (This essentially means that overall it was a bit harder to pedal the bike, especially up hill.) Thankfully, the route I took didn't have any major hills, so I could manage well enough. The main point was to build some more muscle in my legs, instead of using the smaller chainring and spinning a bit easier at certain points throughout the ride (my cadence was between 75-85 rpms instead of 85-100 rpms). It was a very good ride, very hot (80F+) as I went exactly mid-day, but that's all good training I say.
Towards the latter portion of my ride, I was hauling along hugging the white line on the right side, but a car was following me instead of passing since the road was a bit narrow at that stretch. Once we came to a clearing and a traffic light, the driver, a sweet older lady, pulls alongside me, smiles and says 'You were going 30 back there, pretty good.' I smiled back and said 'Thanks!' as she pulled further ahead. Yeah, I was definately rockin' the big chainring. Finished the ride in yet again, the fastest average mph pace I've ever ridden.
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