Day 3 (60) Renovatio

Swim: 3km
Time: 1:00:15
4 x 250m, 5 x 100m, 10 x 50m, 10 x 25m, 1 x 250m, 250m warm down.
Best 250m: 3:28
Weight: 82.0kg

Arms were still very sore from the pullups on Monday, and I notived a lot of skin flapping off my arms. Like snakes shedding skin. I guess it's Renovatio.
Since I lost my goggles in Cheolwon, I used a brand new pair today and the view was crystal clear from the from new see through lenses.
I enjoyed the swim. Was quite surprised that I did the last 250m under 3:30. I haven't swum for more than a week, and this time matches my best time when I'd done a few consecutive swims a few weeks ago. So I thought maybe I've lost some weight but nooooooooo.

The pool was a lot quieter than I expected as well. It's school holidays, and there are a lot of kids running around, but the baby pool is the big attraction now. Let's hope it stays that way.

I went in the pool feeling quite peckish. An hour later I was starving. During one break I said to one of the guys who is training for the Ironman that "Korean food is not good for training". Maybe not the most tactful thing I've ever said. There are actually a handful of foods here that are not that bad if you're a serious athlete:
- rice
- kalguksu (a thick noodle soup with a few mussels thrown in, and not spicy at all)
- kimchi bok 'n pap (stir fried kimchi with rice. It's quite spicy, but there's a lot of rice and some vegetables)

Having said that, I don't believe I've ever seen any of the guys I've travelled with eat any of these meals before a race. Rice, yes, but usually in combination with some kind of spicy soup.

When I left the pool I was sooooo hungry. Headed to C4 for Kimchi and rice and got there at 9:51pm. They appeared to have just closed. Then headed toward Fast Food - KFC being number one, but really didn't want toxin processed fast food. Neighboring KFC was a neat and clean looking Korean restaurant.
Ordered a Korean pancake and they ended up bringing me a soup that looked okay except for a raw egg floating in the middle. All credit to them, in a quick flourish they swapped the soup (okay it took about 5 minutes) for a Korean pancake. Think of a regular kind've pancake with some leaves, mussel bodies and octopus arms mixed in. Dip the chunk in soy sauce and there you go.

Run tomorrow.
Oh, Renovatio means rebirth in latin.