I got gypped!

Ottawa Marathon Training - Week #2

Day #2: 12 km planned for Thursday

Thursday morning started off with a great swim, 90 laps = 2250 m :

- 8 laps front crawl warm-up
- 4 laps kick
- 4 laps on alternate sides
- 8 laps zipper
- 8 laps pull-buoy
- 6 x 8 laps front crawl
- 10 laps cool-down (breast & back stroke, long gliding front crawl)

I was supposed to run in the afternoon, but being the wimp that I am, when it started to drizzle freezing rain, I said, "Heck, I'll wait for it to pass."

Well, it didn't pass ... it turned into snow, lots of it. The icky, slippery, very wet, twist-an-ankle kind. Not the light, fluffy, powder, I'd-rather-snowboard-than-run type. Here's a pic at the beginning of the snowfall ...

It fell and fell so I continued diminishing my stack of paperwork that had accumulated last year while I was too busy training for Ironman. "There's always tomorrow!"

So no run Thursday.

Friday came but where did it go? Still in paperwork and feeling on a roll, my evening run and swim somehow faded into the background. Besides, why tire my legs out for ...

Actual distance ran: 18 km Saturday morning

Followed this up right away with 20 push-ups and 60 crunches. They weren't easy. Ugh! Thanks GB for running with me!

Later on, thought I would slip in a short swim. According to the schedule on the internet, the pool closed at the half hour ... Twenty past the hour and I find myself getting kicked out of the pool. WHAT?! Dang, I got gypped! So I only had time for a 650-yard swim in 15 min.