SWIM: 1000m in 30 mins
Hopefully these bad swims won't kill my confidence on race day. I was tired all day and didn't eat much, so by the time I arrived at the pool I was secretly hoping it was closed up for the night. Nope. Open.
I started off OK, but in the 2nd or 3rd lap I lost the mojo to finish anything more. So I worked on bilateral breathing with and without the pull buoy (I think I read somewhere that the pull buoy can simulate the wetsuit). I found, to my surprise, that once I settled into swimming breathing every 4th stroke worked really good for me! I tried every other (my usual pattern), every third (bilateral), and every fourth. I had initially expected that q4 would work great for me, after all, I have this IM sized cardiac engine so I should be able to hold my breath for a bit, but in previous attempts I felt out of breath. So maybe I'll experiment with that more. I'm not sure I'll get much clear water for a nice settled swim, but who knows?
These crappy swims weigh heavily on my mind. I keep saying I'm a weak swimmer, I am, but cut with the excuses and fix it!!
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