Green light

After Sunday's tough run I woke on Monday feeling surprisingly good.  The compression gear I had worn for 12 hours had served it's purpose and promoted a faster recover - it really works.  But what about my Heart Rate Variance (HRV) reading.  Following my red light (no training) on Saturday and a hard run on Sunday I didn't know what the result would be. Surprisingly it was green but a low I.e. Borderline number.
Monday is a rest day so again I was anxious to see the results this morning - green and a significant increase in the score meaning my recovery was complete. Happy boy because this meant I could go to swimming training tonight.
My day was a disaster with a few problems at the office followed by someone crashing into my car which was parked outside the office. I had left my swimming gear at home so I headed off to buy some new gear and the goggles were hopeless - someone lent me another pair otherwise I would have been as well without them. However it was a good session which required me to get my mind in the right place and stop thinking about the whole session as I was going up and down the lane.  I kept repeating, just the next 100m, just the next 100m. Before I knew it the session was over and I felt great. Just as well because I will be back in the pool at 7am tomorrow. This will be my new weekly routine.