End of the Green Workouts

10 Swim workouts complete and an honest 1k in the pool this morning. Ok, I still do not love it, but I do like learning new things and becoming skilled at them---and if we add the T15 at the beginning and the T15 on Wednesday, we will have been in the pool for a month of regular workouts. Brave new world. Focused on the drills and those are coming to me more easily. Also tried to keep my feed loose and flippery this morning since I have been toe and leg cramping a little---some website suggested that this may be due to trying to point my toes--which I realized today I was doing without thinking about it.

The next cycle starts December 28 and goes through Jan 18. Our triathlete friend was cheering me on yesterday, suggesting that I would be open water swimming by summer. Not opposed to the idea, but it is not something I am working towards.

Signed up for the New Years Day 5k. I am doing the chip-timed version, but not with too much seriousness, just intending to get a baseline established so that when I run a few more I will know how I have improved. I have clearly added much more mileage than when I ran the 8k on Thanksgiving, but I have not been doing the speedwork and the long rides have been replaced by whatever I get out of swimming. I would love run 6:30 miles or better, but I think I will go out at a 6:45 and see how I feel. I could probably run at 6:20 or so---and a 19:00 would be a great goal for now. Longer term, I want an 18:00 5k. Given the reduced training coming up, I HIGHLY doubt I will do that in two weeks. It will be a nice way to keep the base miles interesting.