T minus 11 days until I race the long distance pentathlon (200 LCM back, 200 LCM free, 200 LCM ***, 200 LCM fly, and 400 LCM IM) against an unknown challenger. I have it on good authority that this mystery swimmer will be wearing a Mexican wrestling mask and will not remove it between events. There are also unsubstantiated rumors that this person uses performance enhancing carbohydrates and caffeine, and may have even considered sandbagging once before chickening out. I'm told that our gridge hinges upon our total pentathlon time, but the stakes of this gridge have not yet been revealed even to me. Who is this enigmatic maverick, and why has he never been photographed with Gotham's caped crusader Bat Guy?
Apropos of nothing, I think I'll mention my meet prep schedule for this mystery gridge.
Saturday - race pace 400 SCY IM - went 4:55 from a pushoff. I hate being so :censor: predictable, but what can you do?
Sunday - race pace 200 fly - went 2:18 from a pushoff. Later some weights. No more weights until after the gridge.
Monday - early meetings, no swimming, bike commuting only.
Tuesday - race pace 200 *** - goal is to finish without having to call 911 (or have it called on my behalf). Bonus points if no one yells "CLEAR!"
Wednesday - race pace 200 back - how many rafters are there? As your candidate, I pledge to find the answer!
Thursday - race pace 200 free - try once again to figure out proper pacing for this event when using a 6 beat kick throughout.
Friday - swim a double workout to trigger supercompensation effect on Sunday. I don't run anymore, might not have mentioned that here until now...
Saturday - swim a good workout in the morning. Travel later.
Sunday - :bed:wait that doesn't seem right...
Apropos of nothing, I think I'll mention my meet prep schedule for this mystery gridge.
Saturday - race pace 400 SCY IM - went 4:55 from a pushoff. I hate being so :censor: predictable, but what can you do?
Sunday - race pace 200 fly - went 2:18 from a pushoff. Later some weights. No more weights until after the gridge.
Monday - early meetings, no swimming, bike commuting only.
Tuesday - race pace 200 *** - goal is to finish without having to call 911 (or have it called on my behalf). Bonus points if no one yells "CLEAR!"
Wednesday - race pace 200 back - how many rafters are there? As your candidate, I pledge to find the answer!
Thursday - race pace 200 free - try once again to figure out proper pacing for this event when using a 6 beat kick throughout.
Friday - swim a double workout to trigger supercompensation effect on Sunday. I don't run anymore, might not have mentioned that here until now...
Saturday - swim a good workout in the morning. Travel later.
Sunday - :bed:wait that doesn't seem right...
