SWIM: 2000y 52 minutes. Pool was very busy, only 2 lap lanes and one of those for lessons. I think at one point there were 5 swimmers in our lane! We circled away and at one point I realized I was the lead swimmer. Luckily I was feeling good and ready to go, so I tried to pull away. I managed to stay ahead for about 15-some laps before I popped up to see if anyone wanted to pass. I got to thinking that I was the rate limiting step. Turns out, everyone liked my pace and wanted me to keep going. But I let them go, I wanted to draft off of them for awhile!
I love it when I learn something about myself in this sport. The feeling is usually crushed by the realization that I'm the last person to figure it out. Today I realized that the possible reason for my rolling too far using the pull buoy might be because my extended arm doesn't "catch" the water to stop the roll. Instead I leave it out in front floating and thus my body keeps rolling. While experimenting today, I found that if that arm "catches" I don't roll too far.
Something else I learned is that if I focus on sweeping the pulling arm all the way past my hips in a strong Whoosh of effort my timing improves. I think it's my timing, anyway. My arms feel like they are grabbing bigger swathes of water when I do that. But I was getting tired, so I didn't get to play with it much.
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