Stress Relief

Phew, a bit late today. Just a quick one then.

Funny how the day can get away from you without you noticing. It feels like I looked up and it was 7:15 and I thought, 'hey I haven't blogged today'.

Fairly lightish day for training today, just the one session done down the pool with Swim Smooth. If you can call the Wednesday Swim Smooth session as light. Either way, no training tonight, just a bit of time with the family instead.

Swim went okay. Similarly to last Friday the squad seemed to be feeling a bit flat, such that once we got to the final 1200m effort (yep that kind of session) nobody had the energy left to chase the target time. Coach Paul was receptive to that and changed it up a bit so that instead we did the 1200m effort side by side. Side by side meant two people in half a lane which was a little bit cramped, but it actually worked rather well. Rather than focusing on the fact that you were swimming for 1200m, swimming next to somebody else meant you could focus on them instead. As a result the 1200m went quite quickly. It also gave a positive finish to what could have otherwise been a frustrating and slightly disapointing session. It is a good example of why he is the coach, adapability and imagination on the pool deck. 

Other than training I got a couple of big stresses off my plate today, one of them work related and one of them racing related. Getting those two things out of the way is one of the reasons I am taking it easy tonight (plus there is no training on the program). One of those nights that you just want to sit back and relax a little, perhaps bask in the glory of things falling into place. Removing those two stresses means I can now sit back and think of nothing but training and getting ready to race next week. Perfect.

The racing related stress that was alleviated today has to do with a certain two wheeled race machine that I have been waiting on. The reason that stress has done away is because today I finally picked that machine up. Official announcments etc will have to wait for tomorrow, but needless to say it is very exciting.

Now, time for some dinner and relaxing.