Here we are, less than two weeks from the end of the triathlon/swim program season, and now is when I decide to have a bit of a breakthrough in the pool. Right before I take at least six weeks away from the pool. I'm a genius, eh?
The first half of today's workout was a lot of scull/pull sets. I really tried to get a good feel for the water and make the most of it. As I was finishing the last one, the coach remarked that my stroke looked really good. I've had a tendency to be a bit mechanical and not very smooth, but as a new swimmer, this might have been expected. But today, apparently, I was flowing much smoother. I carried this better rhythm into the rest of the workout, and it's not that I was suddenly doing 1:30/100m, but I was probably a few seconds per 100 faster at a similar effort level. The last set was a hard 300m, and I didn't break any records, but that was the fastest I've swam at 95% effort at the tail-end of a workout. So things are looking good. Now I just need to ingrain this before I take the break, and hope it comes back when I start up again.
Swim: 200m each free, non-free, pull
12x100 as 25 scull/75 pull, 10" (rotate "front, mid, hip, full" sculls)
300 ez free, 30"
300 pull w/paddles, 30"
300 as 100 back/100 breast/100 free, 30"
300 free, race pace, 30" (5:02)
c/d: 100 non-free, 100 pull
Total: 3200m
Run: 2.5 miles, ez
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