Week 5: Hot Tubs

Today was a recovery day after yesterday's 2x5k. I wasn't too sore, but I was really happy to have a day of rest for my hamstrings. They've been tight again lately with all the rain, so having a day of rest would do them some good. With that in mind, I got in a short lift and core body workout, then headed to the pool for a short swim.

It's been a couple weeks since I hit the weights for a full circuit, so I backed off a bit knowing I was going to be sore the next day. My legs started burning after the single leg squats, so I did 3 sets of double legs squats afterwards and completely set my butt on fire. Why, you ask. Why not!

From the weight room I hit the pool. 200 warmup, 50x4, 50 kick, 200 cool down. I shared a lane with a woman training for her first tri after a couple years. She has 3 kids, works full time, her husband is going back to school and she's still finding time to keep her training schedule. Awesome. I love being around winners.

After the swim I hopped in the whirl pool for a few minutes. While I was in there, I met a man named Mike. Mike owns a painting company. About 20 years ago he owned a retail paint store and decided to transition away from retail and into contracting. I stayed a bit longer than I planned just to get a chance to pick his brain on his experiences. When it was all said and done, his advice to his family, friends, and to me were to find something you love doing and figure out how to make money doing it.

I finally crawled out, said goodbye, showered and headed home to see my baby for date night.

Good people. Good advice. Good day.