My how things turn so quickly! By the time I got home, bathed the kids, and got my swim stuff together I was drained. I couldn’t even pick up my gym bag forget about the car.
So I dragged my sorry butt to the gym and tried to swim some laps. Once again I struggled through the laps. I did discover that I have exactly two speeds for swimming. Fast and stupid fast. Don’t misunderstand, I don’t mean I am faster than other people, though in some cases I am, but what I mean is that I am sprinting, and I can’t seem to slow myself down. This would be awesome if I could sustain it for longer than 10 feet, but before long I am huffing and puffing like I have emphysema. I know I need to slow it down. I just can’t figure out how to do that. I did manage to squeak out 700 yards before the gym closed, but I wasn’t happy with it.
After the swim I showered and threw on my running gear. I drove home and started my run at 10PM. I ran a new route and tried really hard to keep my heart rate below 150bpm. The reason for this is something I want to discuss in a separate post, but lets just say it is really hard to run at such a low heart rate, do you see a pattern forming here? The run was uneventful, however, I struggled with shin pain again. It feels like a sore tight muscle thing and I hope that over the next few months it will work itself out.
I listened to my surroundings as I ran. I don’t listen to music as I run because I like to let my mind wander. As I approached an apartment complex I heard what sounded like a bunch of men laughing. It put me on guard. It was night time and I was a little freaked out because I couldn’t see where all these people were. As I passed a pond in front of the apartments I realized that the laughing was actually just some frogs croaking. Overactive imagination? Me? Nooo!