Tough swim this morning. I knew I'd only be able to bluff my fitness for so long before the "one swim a week" plan would be exposed. Today was that day. There just wasn't anything there. And worse, no one from the lane would relieve me of the duties of leading. So while I'm fighting to keep going, I've got folks right on my feet, so I needed to work twice as hard to keep things moving. Now I feel like I've been hit by a truck.
Maybe all this work is getting to me more than I'm thinking. I checked last year's log, and I'm not doing any more work, or even particularly harder work, so I don't know what's up. I think I'm going to switch up my weights for tonight, pull out the leg work, replace with some core stuff, and reduce the upper body work. This might keep my legs a little fresher for the hard stuff every other day, and not demand so much from my recovery system. I'm also going to try to stop eating the whole 1.3 kg bag of chocolate covered almonds in a weekend. There will still be snacking (how can I stop?) but I need to quit impersonating a trash compactor every Saturday.
Swim: w/u - 200m each free, non-free, pull
2x200, 15", 1) ez gloves, 2) ez free
8x50, 10", as 25 one-arm/25 free
4x200, 30", 1-3) pull w/paddles, 4) ez non-free
4x200 descending free, 30"
200 ez non-free
4x50, 30", as 25 sprint/25 non-free
c/d - 100 ez non-free, 100 ez free
Total: 3600m
Weights:
Bear - 2x4/65
Bent row - 2x10,10/95
Pushup - 2x10,10/80
Cross-arm situp - 2x8,8
Pillar opposites - 2x8,8
Barbell curl - 1x11/48
French press - 1x12/35
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Sometimes you need people nipping at your toes. I'm always resentful when someone faster hops in my lane while I'm swimming but, in the long run, I guess I'm better off for it since they keep my pace up where I'd otherwise be inclined to slack.
The last several months have been 1 swim/week except for a few exceptional weeks where I was able to fit in 2. I don't think I've improved much, but I also don't think I've lost too much either. Come the end of March when the real training starts, I think I'll be ready for it.
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