Another Wednesday, another early morning. The weather kind of sucked, but I had to get to the Glendon pool, which requires the bike. I think a few people were surprised when I showed up in full commuter regalia. I guess most of them have become chained to the trainer by now. I'm trying to avoid it for a while longer.
The swim itself went pretty well. Some more flip turn practice (which I need), then some balance drills. I'm getting very comfortable on my front, but the side-kicking drills are pretty tough. I have quite a bit of work to do to get those perfected. The coach gave me a few pointers, but I'll need more time to get everything straightened out. We finished with some stroke-count drills. My first couple of 50s were in about 46 strokes. Again, the coach pulled me to the deck to watch some of the other swimmers who were in the mid-30s. After seeing how slow and relaxed they were, I did a couple of passes in 41-42 strokes. So a small improvement. I don't know if my times were the same, but that's less important than getting the stroke itself worked out.
After work, I was back on the treadmill for an easy 3 miles, just to work out the kinks from yesterday's speed session.
Swim: warm-up 100yds each free, back, breast, pull
2x50 free (count strokes), 15"
Flip turn practice
2x(100 as 25 kick/25 free + 100 free) on front, 30"
2x(100 as 25 kick/25 free + 100 free) on right, 30"
2x(100 as 25 kick/25 free + 100 free) on left, 30"
3x50 free (count strokes), 15"
1950 yards, including drills
Run: 3 miles @ 6.5 mph
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