Week 5- Oct 12 - 18, 2008

No more walking with the runs from this point forward. I can do that! Yesterday I started week 5 in the pool. I am mixing the swim day up a bit, and improving my stroke by including hand paddles to strengthen and correct my stroke and using fins to improve my kick. I have swam competitively since I was 8 ( including a 30 year hiatus) and have never concentrated on my freestyle kick. So I figured if I am going to spend an hour in the pool I might as well get the most out of it. So the workout goes something like this... 400 yards Free to warm up, 4 x 100 yds Free with paddles, 4 x 100 yds kickboard with fins and 4 x 100 yards Free. Monday and Tuesday will be running and then back in the pool on Wednesday, Thursday will be running and rest on Friday before the next "long" run on Saturday. So far so good the pain is at a minimum anymore, thank goodness. I wasn't even sore after Saturdays run which surprised me waking up Sunday morning.