Nice morning

I know I'm a little odd, and it's easy to argue that 5:30 isn't even really morning yet (especially since the time change made it 0-dark-thirty). But today was a nice little ride to the pool. The warmth from yesterday didn't dissipate over night, and the rain was still holding off. No traffic, nice temps. Very pleasant. Then I got to the pool.

We had a good swim today. The first half was paddles, working on the strength. I'm still using the old paddles, but really focusing on a good catch with my left arm. Then it was time for speed work, and I held a decent pace here. I'm afraid to look back and see what I was doing a while ago, but things felt fast. The first one was kind of sloppy, but I worked on the technique, and the second was the same pace, which isn't bad with the short rests. Lost one second on the third, and the last put out a good effort and did flip turns two out of three times, regaining a half-second. (The last turn I hit the wall at the same time as another swimmer, and since I can be a bit of an unguided missile when I'm tired, I though better of the flip.) It's still a lot of concentration to keep the good form, especially when the brain is really just screaming, "go go go go go go". Time will tell what comes out of all this work.

Swim: w/u - 200yds free, non-free, pull
4x(200 pull w/paddles, 15"
100 ez back, 15")
3x(100 hard free, 30" (1:22, 1:22, 1:23)
100 ez non-free, 10"
100 ez pull, 10")
Extra 30" rest
100 hard free (1:22.5)
c/d - 100 ez non-free
Total: 2900 yds