Tuesday, March 31, 2015

3/30/2015 (15.5- Second attempt)

AM
10:00 airdyne very easy
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10:00 thruster mobility prep
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10 sets:
:30 airdyne @high aerobic effort
:30 rest

PM
15.5 re-do

AM
complete
+
complete
+
complete

PM
9:51 (0:10 faster than Friday)


Going into this workout today, I was pretty nervous. I was dreading it because I knew how bad it was going to hurt and I knew I was going to have to experience that same pain again. I didn't want to go through all of it and do worse. Luckily, that didn't happen. I stuck with the plan and shaved off 10 seconds from my previous time.

I decided to break up the thrusters differently this time. On Friday I broke them up 12/9/6, 9/7/5, 7/4/4 then unbroken. Today I went 9/9/9, 7/7/7, 5/5/5 and then did all 9 unbroken for the last set. I think that was a much better plan for me mentally, the sets didn't seem as big so I just kept thinking "okay I just have to do 7, I can do 7." I kept the row at the exact same pace as Friday, 975-1000 cal/hour. During the 27 cal row I couldn't find a steady pace, it was all over the place and that made me nervous. I thought the workout was already going downhill, but I was able to control it more on the other sets. 

There was still a point in this workout where I wanted to stop. I sat down on the rower for the set of 15 calories and had an inner dialogue with myself as I was rowing. I thought about how even though I was redoing this workout, I most likely wouldn't contribute a score because Heather was smashing it, so why was I even doing it? I thought about how angry I would be if I did worse than my time on Friday. There was a moment where I was just angry at the world in general for no reason other than the fact that I was in a lot of pain. Then my dad said "I believe in you" and that pushed me to keep going. Just thinking about it makes me want to cry because I really needed it at that exact moment. So I pushed the negative thoughts out of my head, decided to quit being a little bitch, and kept going.

I ended up going :10 faster than Friday. To some people that might not seem like a huge improvement, but I'm happy with it. I gave it everything I had. I definitely recovered faster than I did the first time, probably because my body wasn't in complete shock. It still hurt like hell and laid me out on the ground for several minutes after I was done. I really think I gave it my best effort. The Open was fun but I'm ready to get back to normal training! 


All smiles because WE'RE DONE!!!

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