Amorphous Friday & solving my fitness problems
300 free warm-up
100 dolphin kick
4x50 on 1:00 (done IM order because Mimi makes me swim IM 80% of the time so I figure I should warm up all of the strokes at least a little)
6x
{
100 IM on 1:45 (replacing breast with fly because I apparently have a bum knee)
150 free on 2:00
}
8x50 kick on 1:100
6x75 on 1:15 swum as follows:
25 fly, 50 free
25 free, 25 fly, 25 free
50 free, 25 fly
50 fly, 25 free
25 free, 50 fly
75 fly
Supplemental:
4x500 (the fact that I have no idea what my interval or pace was is part of a major thorn in my side)
2x100 cool-down
Total yardage: 5150
I don't know why my left knee was hurting. It was bothering me yesterday too. I really think that all of my breaststroke-leg-related issues are due to no strength training on the important bits (most especially my adductors). I've also be fretting about what to do for swimming on days where I work mids since I will be at work during practice and the pool I swim at has extremely limited hours. The base gym is too inconvenient since it is a half-hour away and also has limited hours.
So to solve this problem I went and checked out the Alaska Club. I figured that this would be a good solution since it is a half a mile away from my house and they have a pool that has at least two lanes open for lap swim 17 hours a day. Plus they have all the weight and cardio equipment you would expect at a place like that and lots of classes as well. They also have five other locations in Anchorage that I can use, one of which is open 24 hours. Totally sweet. That definitely solves the shift worker's access problem.
Joining a gym isn't something I really ever expected to do, but I'm really excited about it. There is a huge variety and convenience that has just opened itself up to me. I'm already planning what classes I'm going to hit up tomorrow! Hopefully the "Today's Workout" category will get a lot more interesting soon -- and definitely expect to see double workouts happening.