I pretty much felt like I struggled through the day today.

Woke up feeling like a truck had run over me - I had serious eye bags and even Aero said I looked like I hadn't been asleep for days. Didn't understand this though since I had slept pretty much 9 hours straight, which is really long for me. 3 cups of coffee throughout the day didn't help either (also a lot for me) and I just couldn't figure out what was wrong. Still, I was determined not to cop out of training tonight. An hour before leaving work, I started munching on a granola bar to get some energy in. Some news touched me greatly (shall blog about this separately as it totally deserves its own post) and the combination with sugar naturally perked me up abit.

So when I got to the pool I was in good spirits. Started to wonder if it was because what I've been working on has been getting me down somewhat (okay, that might be putting it mildly). Felt pretty heavy after the second set but figured if I slowed down or copped out on a set or two, that would have been it for me. I would have probably given up altogether. By set number 4, I was feeling good - very good. The strokes felt long. My arms felt strong. My hips seemed to be doing the work for me too. 100m into my last set, Hubba stopped me and asked me why I was still going whilst everyone had stopped. I have no idea why but I really felt like I wanted to finish it, just for the sake of it. But I stopped and felt good all the same.

Got some pretty bad abrasions under each armpit now, which stung like dilly-o when I had a shower. Boo.

But I feel good. Think I'm going to sleep like a baby tonight =)

5 x 400m
3 x 250m + 100m