Week 8 Wrap up

Week 8, Recovery Week: 84 miles, 10.8 hours

Well, my recovery week is over. It was a very welcomed and highly needed week. I had a couple really lousy workouts this week, which was kind of weird, considering I was more rested than normal. My thursday run was 45 minutes, and within a minute or two my heart rate jumped up to 140...normally it would take closer to 15-20 minutes before it gets that high. My walk breaks did nothing to bring it down and by the end I had topped out over 170. My legs felt very sluggish and heavy and felt like crap the whole time. I did a bike ride following a short swim saturday and my HR was higher than normal for a bike ride, and I was slower than I normally would be. Things changed on the run today. I did a 90 minute run and did 8 miles. My HR averaged 143 and barely went over 150 until the very end. I felt good the entire time, so I was at least happy to end the week on a high note. Next week is going to be a swim focused week which I'm super psyched about. But I'm trying to not think about that and enjoy the rest of my day.