Today's big step forward wasn't a step at all. Rather it was a big stroke forward. I got through my first Wednesday Swim Smooth Red Mist session for the year. Yep that's right, I haven't done one of these session since Christmas. To say I was a little apprehensive would be an understatement.
To say it went went would be a wild overstatement. In fact I would say it would be a gross misrepresentation of the facts. It didn't go well. It went horribly, painfully badly. But it went and that is the important thing.
The session was at least very easy to remember.
4 x 50m
4 x 100m
4 x 200m
4 x 300m
Kaboom
4 x 400m
16 x 50m
The session didn't specify the explosion after the 300s, that was just a nice little touch I thought I would throw in.
After the 300s I was just about ready to be done. I told myself that it was the first session back and so I could take it a bit easy. I wanted to get through the first 400m to bring the session over 3km. Then I thought I would stop. Once I had done one though I thought I would do a second. You can see where this is going. Not long after all that I finished the session.
The 400s were unpleasant though.
Not painful, I wasn't feeling good enough to go that hard. More just running on empty. I worked through the 400s, but really I could only give what I had, and that wasn't much.
Still, I pushed through because I know that in the bigger picture I can hurt a bit now or I can hurt a lot later and I think I prefer the hurt a bit now option. Particularly if hurt a lot later occurs in a race.
Really that is what it boils down to. If I want to get fit again and race more, then this is what it takes. I do what to get fit and race some more and so there isn't really an option. The work has to be done. This morning was all about doing it.
Besides training I have also started to get back in the swing of things with all those other little activities I do that support the training. Eating properly, stretching properly and this:
I have been meaning to go and get a massage from Nathan for weeks now, but things have just kept coming up. Plus I have just been plain lazy. Boy though have I needed a massage. I have sore bits that have been sore since Ironman. I keep telling myself they will loosen off, but they simply haven't. Today enough was enough, I got off my rear end and got myself down to see Nathan.
I have written quite a bit about painful things today. My visit to Nathan was another one. Ouchy. Unlike the swimming though the massage appointment was kind of a good pain, or at least pain that I knew was doing me good in the long run. The depressing thing is that I think Nathan only scrapped the surface of the tightness I have at the moment.
Much more work to do.
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