Root Canal

I got a root canal this morning. It turns out when they said 'It'll be fine, it won't hurt' they may have been lying.

It's not that bad now, though, and I haven't taken any medication. But when my nose was still numb and I started having a sneezing attack and my mouth was swollen, that was awesome.

Yesterday I rode 2 hours in the morning. I think something may be wierd with my powertap because although it was suppose to be easy I don't think I was really going 50W. I would be riding along and then look down and be like hmm, I don't think I'm going that slow. Oh well...

Did drills and then muscular endurance work.

The Bible said in Base 2 (which I'm kinda in) I should start with 10-20 minutes in Zone 3 and build up. I don't love Zone 3, so I figured I'd do low Zone 4 instead. Only problem is I think my zones are a little different than the last time I got tested. My threshold when I tested was definitely like 170W, but this past weekend at the race I definitely did like 186W for 57 minutes, including descents. So yeah, I test badly. I did 10 minutes yesterday around 160 and it was totally not hard. I mean I was sweating, but I wasn't even breathing hard. The only annoying thing was some guy decided to draft off me on his way to work and he didn't even say anything. Awkward. I don't really like random people near me when I'm biking by myself. Actually I don't really like random people talking to me when I'm doing anything.

I went to the gym then in the afternoon. The whole time I was lifting (more weight, slow reps), people kept commenting on the numbers I still had bodymarked on my arms and legs. I never really know what to say to someone when they're like 'how'd it go?'; i'm like do you really want a detailed race report. Also, again, I don't like random people talking to me when I'm working out. It's like lift, strain, uh, hi. Wierd.

Did 1300y (which apparenlty are shorter than m, lame) easy, kicking, pulling, before Masters started, then did, with them:
400 warm-up
5 x 100 drill, swim, kick, swim stroke
4 x 50 free descending

then they were going to start a broken 1650y set, but I needed to get home, so I just cooled down. It was pretty fucking windy, so the ride home in the dark was bitchy.

Now I'm suppose to go for a long run. I geuss I should do it while my face doesn't hurt.