I both love and loath Monday mornings.
Monday is the start of the week and there is always a sense of a fresh start. The opportunity for a mini New Years Resolution. A New Weeks Resolution if you will. On the flip side there is the Monday morning swim session and I can be pretty sure that some time during that session I am going to wish I was somewhere else.
I started the day with a true breakfast of champions. Omelet with onion, red capsicum, garlic and a little ham, with a side of chick pea salad. (for recipe see my earlier Blog)
I then made my way to the pool.
The session today was lots of fun:
400 m warm up. (lots of Finger drag drills)
5 X 200 m with fins
(50 FS 100 m kick and 50 m FS)
4 X 200 m Medley
(25 m drill and 25 m swim for each leg of the IM)
200 m warm down
If you're wondering when I wished to be somewhere else, it was jut before I set out on the third IM.
I then set off to work, ate a Starbucks egg white wrap for morning tea and ate a few pieces of stir fry beef and chicken for late lunch.
Monday nights are when I go to dance classes with my lovely wife. Since we came to Singapore we have been trying to get a handle on a number of different dance styles. Currently we are taking on the Tango. I really have found this very useful. It is great time out with my partner and it really has been very helpful in getting me to concentrate on my core body strength and my ankle strength and flexibility. In fact, I put the recent troubles with my Achilles tendon, in part to the fact that it has been about 4 to 6 weeks since our last dance lesson.
We had a great time and so did our dance instructor who seems to delight in our attempts to remember the steps and look all passionate at the same time. Finished up with Slow cooked beef in a whole meal crepe. Then home and to bed, ready for Tuesday.
Monday is the start of the week and there is always a sense of a fresh start. The opportunity for a mini New Years Resolution. A New Weeks Resolution if you will. On the flip side there is the Monday morning swim session and I can be pretty sure that some time during that session I am going to wish I was somewhere else.
I started the day with a true breakfast of champions. Omelet with onion, red capsicum, garlic and a little ham, with a side of chick pea salad. (for recipe see my earlier Blog)
I then made my way to the pool.
The session today was lots of fun:
400 m warm up. (lots of Finger drag drills)
5 X 200 m with fins
(50 FS 100 m kick and 50 m FS)
4 X 200 m Medley
(25 m drill and 25 m swim for each leg of the IM)
200 m warm down
If you're wondering when I wished to be somewhere else, it was jut before I set out on the third IM.
I then set off to work, ate a Starbucks egg white wrap for morning tea and ate a few pieces of stir fry beef and chicken for late lunch.
Monday nights are when I go to dance classes with my lovely wife. Since we came to Singapore we have been trying to get a handle on a number of different dance styles. Currently we are taking on the Tango. I really have found this very useful. It is great time out with my partner and it really has been very helpful in getting me to concentrate on my core body strength and my ankle strength and flexibility. In fact, I put the recent troubles with my Achilles tendon, in part to the fact that it has been about 4 to 6 weeks since our last dance lesson.
We had a great time and so did our dance instructor who seems to delight in our attempts to remember the steps and look all passionate at the same time. Finished up with Slow cooked beef in a whole meal crepe. Then home and to bed, ready for Tuesday.
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