Sausage

If I'm going to race in a wetsuit (and with the water temperatures around here, that's pretty much a guarantee), I better practice swimming in one. So today I brought my wetsuit, just to try things out. What I learned: I need to keep trying things out. I didn't quite get the suit in the right spot before getting in the water. It was pulled up enough in the crotch, but I think there was too much material in my torso, because I could feel an air bubble in there, and the shoulders were a little tight. At the full length of my stroke, I was fighting the suit to stretch, which was more taxing than it should have been. So that's something to work on for next time. Other than that, it's a weird feeling. You just float. I don't think I kicked at all in the suit. I didn't time anything, so I don't know how much faster I may have been, but it felt a bit quicker (also a bit tougher, but that was from the tight shoulders). And what feels like a sausage casing on dry land, fit a bit nicer once it got wet. Almost three weeks to make this work. I ditched it after the warm-up, because in the pool I was sweating my sack off, then turned in a pretty good swim. Lane Three was still a little crowded, so I had to stick with my lane and opened a few big gaps. Hopefully I'll get the call soon.

Swim: w/u (in wetsuit) - 200m free, 200m non-free, 4x50 as 25 hard/25 ez, 10"
Strip the wetsuit
2x
(200 race pace, 1'
200 ez as 100 non-free/100 pull
200 mod-hard (tempo), 1'
200 ez as 100 non-free/100 pull
200 pull w/paddles
200 ez as 100 non-free/100 pull)
Total: 3000m