6 Hours Later

I was exercising for 6 hours today.  It's been great having the team back from Colorado Springs.  I was getting a little tired of training on my own.  This morning we did 1 hour of dryland and weights followed by a 2 hour swim.  This evening we did a 45 minute dryland set and a 2.5 hour swim.  I was a little frustrated today due to all the new terminology and abstract training techniques.  I've never once before wished that a coach would just slam us with some long boring yardage.  At no point today was I bored... however, almost constantly lost or confused as to what was expected of me.  Some of this frustration is simply learning how a coach writes workouts, yet part of it is also the sheer chaos that is referred to as a written workout.  They are so complex that it makes my head spin.  I know I'm not alone here, I asked around.  The entire day today made me realize that there is a good chance that I will become a better freestyler training with CW.  I'm very concerned about my buttefly and more importantly, my backstroke.  We do a ton of freestyle (in the sprint group).  I briefly caught up with head coach Mike Bottom after the practice and he assured me that based on my goals, I was in the right workout group.  We get the whole day off Wednesday!  I'm gonna live it up.