Keep those elbows high!

Pretty hefty swim today. Definitely fatigued by the end.

300m wu
3x200m
3x100m
3x50m
Drills
200m fs cd
Total: 1850m 50mins

Rest between sets was 1minute for all but the 50m (30sec) and the drills (just transition time <30sec).

The placement of the drills in the workout was interesting and I paid special attention to it. By the time I got to it, I was tired. This made me have to work harder to achieve good form with the drills. I found that one-arm were the most challenging at this juncture.

After drills I did 200m of freestyle. This slow-pace focused time reinforced the drills I had just completed, forced attention to form due to fatigue and made me really commit to the distance. I found myself trying to talk myself out of finishing, shave off 100m or 50m. Then that little voice in my head - the one that gets me through all of my workouts - said "if you stopped 50m from shore, it wouldn't do you any good!" and "come on!", "finish strong!", "don't lose your form just because you see the finish line!"

Thankful for that voice. It keeps me on track.