muscle memory

Amy had an interesting post about runner's high and I mentioned my theory that for some its just the body's transition of changing fuel sources. I was thinking about it again last night during my swim. The warmup felt slow as usual, and I was dreading the main set seeing as I had a 3 week absence from the pool and only 2 weeks of being back in it. Strangely though, I was flyinig. Maybe it was the draft (usually don't have one) but I felt strong, and had plenty left and yet was doing way past race pace (3:10-3:20). (2x(2x200rp,1x200ez, 1x200fast)). It was one of those days when everything comes together and you feel smooth. Don't get me wrong, my left arm/shoulder was starting to get sore near the end but I felt fantastic in the water.

Wednesday morning I rode ~2 hrs base pace, and then ran hard in the evening, resulting in a beautiful purple toe nail again (middle toe, right foot). Surprisingly I was able to keep a reasonable pace running along with Lo and Jq. 4:20-4:30 for the 2x3km rp, and 4 flat, 4:10 for the 2x1km fast. My hamstrings were dead afterwards and I didn't really stretch or cold shower them afterwards I was so tired...