The last swim!

SWIM: 2000y in about 55 mins.

I think this will be my last pool swim! My pool closes Sunday afternoon and doesn't open again until Weds, by which time I'll already be out of town. Not that I'll miss the pool...

Today's workout was different--WU was 200 swim, 200 kick, 200 pull, 200 swim. The Main Set was 20 x 25y as 25 fast, 25 easy, 25 kick, 25 non-free. Then CD of 600 easy. It's just funny to think that your cool down is 600 y.

The first parts of the session went by fast. When the intervals are broken up into small bits, they tick right by. Before you know it, you're done! The 600 y was the hardest part, and the most important in my mind. Of all the intervals today, that one best mimicks the IM swim, even if it is drastically shorter. That's the interval in which you suck up your boredom and just keep lapping away. I'd love to stop at the halfway point just for a break but I make myself keep going. If I stopped at IM every 300 y I'd be stopping 14 times in my race. Hmmm, that doesnt seem all that unreasonable to me.... 14 rests? In a 1.5 hr swim? Is that unreasonable? No, but it would be a waste of time!

Then that's it! I climb out of the pool and take one last look. (haha, is if I'm Never coming back or something!). Since January 1st, I've swum just over 56 hours and most of those hours were in this pool. Will that be enough come race day? We'll find out!