Aqua Brick

Forgot my sport count.  Did a good job of checking the clock and used the lane markers to keep count.  Started with 100y backstroke and 200y drills: one arm, finger drag, one arm, 3T.  Focused a lot on placement of my left arm as it entered the water and my right arm through the pull. 

Main set was 7x100y easy, medium, easy, medium.  I gave myself :20 between each set.  I was very pleased with this effort.  My easy lengths were probably around :27-:32 each and my medium sets were probably closer to :24-:28 each.  I typically finished each 100y set within 2:00. 

Finished with 200y mixed stroke.  It occurred to me that I don't often warm up or cool down with freestyle and that I should probably do this more.  I did 50y back stroke, 100y freestyle and 50y breast stroke to cool down.

Because of my schedule and my late wake-up this morning, I also had a run to do.  I figured I would treat it like a little bit of a brick/aquathlon and go up to the treadmills.  Ran 5 minutes to warm up and then 4 sets of 5 minutes with increasing effort.  I thought that the treadmill would be good for consistency, but I found that as I increased the speed on the treadmill, my HR would increase, but then my body would adjust and recover slightly.  Weird.  I also felt like my RPE was much higher than my HR suggests. 

I felt fatigued and I think that is partially due to the fact that I didn't feed myself very well today.  I ate a found peppermint patty and about three tablespoons of chex mix for breakfast because I left my house (again) without making/eating real food.  Later, once I got off the train, I had a large street cart coffee with milk and sugar and about a quarter cup of old granola with milk at my office.  I'm trying to spend less money on random food... but when I don't make breakfast and bring lunch, this becomes problematic.  Lunch didn't go very well.  I left the office and went for a walk in the sun, but was upset and had no appetite and ended up drinking an 8oz Odwalla protein juice and later had a cup of chicken noodle soup and a piece of dark chocolate.  Before I went to the gym (about 30 minutes before swimming) I had a ham & gruyere crepe.

I am finding that I am not interested in food, but that my body is still hungry.  I psychologically don't want to eat, but my body needs calories.  So I end up eating crap, but not very much of it. 

I'm still toeing the line of depression, but I'm taking an herbal supplement that seems to help.  At least it makes me feel less despair.  Also taking more Vitamin D.