Lane Zero

Pretty good swim this morning. A lot of half-IM efforts, which I may have slightly overcooked, but not by much. I was able to keep three-stroke breathing all the way through all the sets, so I'll take that as pretty close.

We had a couple of special guests at this morning's swim, which required a new lane. Lane Six (the slowest) was shuffled into lane 5, and two swimmers took the open space for themselves. Those two swimmers were our assistant coach, and Wolfgang Guembel, one of the best triathlon swimmers in the province, and almost always among the first out of the water at most Ironman events. The speeds these two generated, at such small effort, was astonishing. A completely different class than anyone else in the pool.

During the last part of the training, Theresa stopped me before I left the wall to discuss some pointers about my form. It seems my entry and catch are good, but I'm not engaging my shoulders/back early enough during the pull, and short-arming the pull. This was during a full-out 100, and she noticed it underwater while she was swimming three lanes over.
1. This must have been pretty obvious to see if she can diagnosis it that far off.
2. I'm singing Muppet tunes to distract myself from the pain, and she's relaxed enough to diagnose my form issues? I have a long way to go at this swimming thing.

After the swim, I got home and knocked out an easy five miles on the treadmill. Normally, this workout would be after work, but since Masters of Metal is tonight, I had to get it done when it could get done. That way I can deafen myself guilt-free.

Swim: w/u - 200m each free, non-free, pull
5x300, 30" (odd: half-IM effort, even: 100 ez back/200 ez pull)
5x200, 30" (odd: 100 ez back/100 ez pull, even: half-IM effort)
3x100, 15" (odd: full-out, even: non-free)
Total: 3400m

Run: 5 miles @ 7.5 mph + 4 strides