Training Log Archive: Dr. Smith

played a game of soccer with my group of junior fire fighters... they are age 13-16, and they definitely know how to kick a soccer ball already... the game was a lot of fun, even though we lost in a 10-9 shoot out

another short swimming practice... it's unbelievable, even the water is getting too warm by now... today it was 27°C in the big public pool - that's not exactly what i call refreshing... (don't wanna know how hot some smaller private pools are)... I felt my arms and chest muscles towards the end of the practice, which must be due to the uncommon movements... guess I'm gonna be sore tomorrow

with the temperatures as hot as this, I discovered swimming as a suitable alternative to running... so I went to the public pool and swam for 26 minutes straight... could have gone on after that, but needed to get back to work :) it made for some nice training though, which was way more intense than I had expected it to be

evening run on my favorite course to au and back... given the hot temperatures (31°C when I started the run at 8.15 p.m.), I am very happy with the overall performance... I noticed considerable improvement regarding my stamina and endurance, even though I had to fight a bit towards the end... I'm still not quite where I left off when I took my prolonged pause from running in early May, but there is still some hope for me :)

note to self: having dinner less than 2 hours prior to a run will prevent a feeling of hunger while running, but will create a feeling of nausea which is about ten times worse than hunger.