Feeling Strong

This week has been a solid week of training. I have been lifting and continuing on a modified mass gain program. Lifting heavy feels good but with a lot of my runs cut out, I feel soft all over. I know my coworkers are ready to literally tie me to my chair as I have a TON of energy.

I am also eating lots of good calories while minimizing my sugar and processed carbs intake. Someone at the gym told me that he does not even like eating things like cake and cherry coke- I think he is fibbing... Even his dog eats a "raw diet". Although, the puppy got to stay with his Grandma and got lots of treats last week. Good thing for her! I am definitely slipping her a doggy bagel treat this weekend.

I had good swims this week. Although, it seems that every time one thing is fixed Coach Karen finds something else that needs work. Sometimes she finds something that was fixed before but is now broken again. She asked the other day why I swim. I had to think about that one as it is literally freezing in the pool and my flip turns are very special. A lot of work goes into swimming without much return- it is definitely not as good as running. No quick fix from swimming... So, why am I swimming. It is an incredible challenge. I have to work really hard and think about every stroke. Think about pulling, think about rotating, think about not log rolling around at the end of the lane. Think all of the time. With all of this thinking, I hope there is a bit more speed.

Andrew's knee is healing so hopefully, he will be able to swim soon. He actually mentioned wanting to start swimming again. This is a good sign.