Two Thousand Meters!

Pool time.

Today was my longest swim so far. I took my time with my warm up and really wanted to keep it steady. Drills went well. I'm starting to really like them. Did finger drag, catch up, and one-arm plus a new one: underwater switch. Two hundred meters of pull buoy started the main set. I feel like I need to work on stabilizing my hips with this one. I tried to focus on my arm entry and form today though. One thing at a time.

Ten sets of EBEH. I received some great wisdom today, which I used as I swam. It kind of became my mantra. I thought about the easy sets as recovery sets. This helped because I realized that what I was doing in previous EBEH sets was "medium, harder, medium, hard". Today, thinking of the easy sets as recovery sets, I found "easy". Which is ironic, because I thought I was looking for "medium"!

What I came to realize was, I really like medium. I feel strong in the build section, I don't go blasting fast, but there is strength in the rhythm of that part of my set. I could really tell the difference between the three paces.

And, if it could possibly get any better, I really found treasure in the "hard" section. I found that I economized my breathing, I maintained good arm formation, I had a strong catch and my kick was purposeful and fast. I felt fast when I swam the last leg. What's more, I gave myself exactly 20seconds to recover each time and then used the following set's first "easy" leg to complete my recovery. I began to look forward to recovering while swimming. The pace and feel of swimming easy after swimming so hard revitalized me.

I really didn't know what to expect coming into today's workout. I knew it was my longest one yet. I knew it was a huge EBEH set. What I didn't expect was to find such valuable information while swimming today. Ten sets allows a lot of time to reflect on what you're doing. EXACTLY what you're doing. I learned a lot today, and I felt incredibly strong.

Cool down: two hundred each backstroke and breast stroke. I got right into the cool down after my final EBEH. Twenty seconds.

Total distance: 2000m
Total time in the pool: 55 mins