I feel good these days, getting into the pool. The trepidation seems to have ebbed and my confidence is bolstered with the new techniques that I am learning.
Today started off with a lot of drills, 400m of alternating 25m sets. I really liked the one arm drills with a few strokes devoted to watching the entry of my hand and the angle of my arm. I never look forward in the water... it was really pretty.
As soon as drills were over, I started right into the first of three sets of 400m. This one I wanted to take smoothly, not necessarily slowly, but I wanted to feel quiet in the water, easy. I feel like I accomplished this. The second set, after 30s rest, was intended to be a bit stronger and I felt good going into it. I tried to check back in with myself throughout the set to see how I felt and also how fast/strong I felt I was going. Finally, the last set. I tried to maintain instead of power out. I envisioned swimming this pace as the last leg of my race, wanting to come out of the water ready to get on the bike and ride.
The last part before cool down consisted of two 100m sets with 10s rest, hard. I really felt like this was a reasonable attempt. I let the fatigue catch up to me, I didn't rest more than 10s after each (jumped right into my cool down after the second set) and I tried to focus on my form when I started to get really tired. Overall, good swim.
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