Last S b4 Desaru

Migraine almost gone by now, which is a good sign. Somehow the body seems to be abit ache...could it because of yesterday gym session? That is very strange...it was a hard session, maybe old already, 1-2 days no workout, all parts also ache after a session....:(

Since Desaru event is just 2 days later, decide to do a bit of speedwork to get the body get use to the pace.

It was a hard swim. Legs are kicking, but can't seems to be moving any faster. In fact the new guy next to me is just sticking to my pace like a leech! Damn! That show how slow i am doing.

I am not comfortable with the pace. For the first 1km, 2 x 50m of freestyle is throw inside to try and give the legs a breather. Don't know if it helps, but i was feeling the stress. I miss my normal slow and enjoyable pace. Breathing seems difficult. Could it be that HR went up again. I try to focus somewhere else and relax the stroke and move on.

After 1.25k, i stopped by the pool side. 1) to let the guy move on...*enough stress by him*. 2) to take a HR reading(it didn't register!) 3) Regroup and think of what next. After a 20 secs breather, decide to slowly move onwards.

Just like after a fast run, it take a while to stabilise the pace and get the "wind" back. Slowly, felt like crawling, reach 1.5km. Thought for a while, should i stopped? Overall timing for 1.5km is decent.

My initial plan is to do 2km. Since quite some time didn't swim. Decide to push on to 2km. Though abit struggling, but i manage to calm myself down and get back the slow and enjoyable pace. It was almost a crawl and at the end, a rather slow pace swim to complete the 2km. Mind just not really for 2.5km this morning. Time check 50:10min. Hmm....a typical pace that i go for a regular 2.5km swim! Wow, i must be fading pretty badly over the last 500 meters.

2 years ago, i did the swim in 57mins, last year i did the swim in 53mins. This year, fitness is worst than last year and even more further than 2 years ago! I will be glad if i can do around similar timing as previous 2 years. There is no need to do 40mins...:) I think the elite will come out 20mins+ abit.