Tuesday, August 24 2010

woke at 5:00 (slept terribly)

SWIM:  90 minutes

Comments:  To ensure I have some fat to protect me from the cold during the swim, I am trying to gain as much weight as I  can, as fast as I can.  I eat a lot and very often feel like absolute shit for parts of the day.
I do not sleep well — I look forward to getting this swim over with and going back to my vegan diet.

Easy swim and my taper has begun.  My shoulders are sore.  I think its worth noting that during the time  I was a vegan (8 months) I seemed to recover a lot quicker after serious training — i read many vegan athletes mention the same thing (quick recovery).
I changed my diet about a month ago – to try and gain weight for the swim and since I notice my shoulders are sore after long swims. 

For the past 3-4 weeks, since I stopped being a vegan, I sleep very poorly, extremely irritable and do not recover as quickly as before.  I decided to go back to my vegan diet starting today – to gain weight, I will just focus on eating lots of pasta and carbs.