Sloppy

First things first. You may have noticed that there were no posts over the weekend. Since I post what I did for training every day, that must mean I didn't do any training. And it does. Instead, I moved. I had full intentions of hitting my 10 and 20 mile runs over the weekend, but with knowing how much still needed to be done, I was better served by taking care of my responsibilities. Play time had to wait. Additionally, I knew that I've been feeling beat down lately, so the stress (both physical and mental) of moving added to the runs would have put my body potentially into a pit of overtraining I'd be hard-pressed to get out of in time for the marathon. So that's what happened. I'll be back on the (running) horse tomorrow. (As of right now, we're also missing the power cable to the computer I use for the bike trainer, so if it doesn't turn up soon, there may be an extra run on Thursday.)

After the weekend, I got to go for a nice swim this morning. We did more flip turn practice (soon I may try it during our main sets), then more kick sets. Today we broke out the fins. I have to say, the fins messed up everything for me, all day. During the front kick drills, the added propulsion made up for a hip drop (actually, my hips dropped so that the kick stayed in the water, making for more propulsion), so my form collapsed, and my kick had to be wider to keep the fins from slapping into one another. The side wasn't too bad, but the free lengths were awkward. It wasn't until the third or fourth "no gear" set that I finally felt like I had things back together again. Breathing every fourth stroke was tough. I could make about 25m, then I'd have to do 4 strokes, 2 strokes, 4, 2, the rest of the way. I guess there's still lots to do.

Swim: Flip turn practice
3x(50m kick, 50m free), with fins
3x(50m left kick, 50m right kick, 100m free), with fins
5x(50m - 3 kick switch, 50m free), no gear
5x(100m free, breathing to the west wall, every fourth stroke)
2x(50m back, 50m breast)
Total: 2100m (I may have done 6 each of the 3 kick switch pass and west breathing pass, lost count, but did 5 at least).