It's a long weekend, and the pool is closed on Monday, so you can guess what that means: tough swim today. A bunch of people, myself included, are doing a duathlon on Monday, so the coach was nice enough to not work the legs too hard. Translation: 2000m timed pull set. Shoulders will be angry by the end.
I warmed up in my wetsuit again. I got the fit a little better, and wasn't as restricted through the shoulders as Monday. Man, does that make you fast. It's like a personal Slip 'n Slide. Off goes the wetsuit, and I prepared for the long set. Once more, I got the call to move to Lane 3; in fact, getting moved into second position of the faster lane. The set went off, I held my place without getting passed. My pace was slowing near the end, but I held it together pretty well. I didn't get much of a draft at any point, since I started 10 seconds after the first swimmer, and by the end she was 30-40 seconds ahead. My time was OK (sub-39), so for a half-IM swim (1.93km) I'd be about 37:30. Give me a draft and a wetsuit, and I could be 35ish maybe. That's a lot better than the sub-40 I was hoping for. And there's another 4 months to improve.
After the swim, the coach told me again I was swimming really well. Impatience got the better of me and I had to ask if the move to Lane 3 should be permanent. "Yeah, it'll be pretty crowded, but we'll make it work." That's a two-lane improvement since the start of the year. Only two more lanes to go!
Swim: w/u - 200m each free, non-free
4x25 quick/25 easy, 10"
(remove wetsuit)
2000 pull (~38:45)
c/d - 2x(200 pull, 200 non-free)
Total: 3400m
After work:
Run: 4 miles @ 7.2 mph
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3 comments:
Congrats on the lane upgrade!
I can't recall what kind of wetsuit you have... is it sleeveless or not? After years of swimming with only a Speedo, I feel totally uncomfortable in any wetsuit though at least the sleeveless ones don't feel like they are interfering with my shoulders.
I've just got a cheapo Orca trisuit that really doesn't do a good job of anything... it is equally uncomfortable in the water, running and on the bike.
Thanks. I haven't really discussed my wetsuit, since I was planning on a big "reveal" post with all the goodies, but the basics are: Nineteen Riptide fullsuit. It took two sessions at Endurosport to get the sizing right, but when I have it fit properly, it'snot a hindrance. And I float like a mofo.
I like.
Sweet piece of kit!
I suspect the problem is that I've never had a properly fit wetsuit. You can't argue with the increased buoyancy; the more power directed forward, the better!
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