Today is a definate running rest day, and tomorrow will likely be another one as well. Being the one before the weeks long run of 10 miles, I am operating under the thought that it (the 5 miler scheduled for tomorrow) is the least critical of the planned runs. Being conservative with respect to possible injury - I'd rather have the extra rest leading up to the long run day.
Just like last week, perfect opportunity to jump into the endless pool. I started out thinking I'd do more than I did last week (about 20 minutes) - but I started realizing that time passes by relatively slowly. At least with running, you see things pass by (in my case, everything is a blur, as I am like the road runner out there. Meep! Meep!) - and even swimming laps, you have the turns and walls - a sense of at least making progress. There isn't quite the same sense of progress in an endless pool, and I'm starting to find that to be a challenge.
So I need to come up with some way to occupy my brain. Perhaps a waterproof cover for my ipod, along with waterproof headphones would help do the trick. I normally dont like listening to music while exercising, as the average song length of 5 minutes or so just makes me more conscious of the time passing. However, in this case, it just might work and be worth a shot. We'll have to see - it is a bit heavy of an investment for a 'maybe'.
Anyhow - todays total exercise time was 20:11. I dont have HR info because even when tightened further, the HR chest strap kept slipping. I did just come across a web page where someone mentioned the idea of using stretch nylon to help hold it in place.
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