I'm recovering, but I'm still not 100%. I barely slept last night, maybe a total of 2.5-3 hours. And so I went to the pool, and crushed the workout this morning. I just don't get how it works some days.
It was a nice morning to ride in, cool, but no wind. And once we started swimming (I'm now firmly entrenched in my new lane on Wednesdays) I felt pretty good. Once we got into the descending sets, I was in second position. I had moved up and used the draft for the first two intervals, so during the last (all-out) set, I put everything I had into it. Within 100 yards, I was tapping feet, and after being allowed to pass, I gapped the other swimmer. It was like I was possessed. We took an easy break, and then I volunteered to go first for the timed 200, and again opened up a wide gap on my lanemates (beat the next best time in the lane by 18 seconds). Something is going very right recently. I almost want to get back in the pool right now and do it again. Improvements like this are very addictive.
Swim: w/u - 200yds free, 200 non-free
500 truck and trailer
400 as 25 head-up/75 free
400 pull w/paddles
3x300 descending, 30" (5:23, 5:12, 4:53)
200 ez non-free
200 free timed (3:05)
c/d - 100 non-free
Total: 3100yds
OK, just as I was typing this up, I got an email from the swimming coach. Not a group email, but just to me specifically. Mostly, it was an invitation to join the Computrainer classes he runs on Tuesdays and/or Wednesdays. (We briefly were discussing my training this morning before the swim.) But this is what he ended with, and I quote:
"Anywho, there you go. Good swim today. I think you should be leading that lane in the very near future…once we have the other lane mates get accustomed to having you there. Fair?"
I'm a little shell-shocked right now. Good coaching and hard work seem to pay off every once in a while, eh?
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Way to go! I remember thinking, when you first started and you felt like you might never be great, that with your dedication, perseverence and self-discipline you would do really well at the swimming. Awesome job, sweets!
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