Paddles at MMM

SWIM: 55 mins, no count on the laps. 1200? In a good note, I wasn't as late today. Showed up right at 5:30, not right after. After the kicking set, we started a 3x400 set. Finished only one 400 when CHG put paddles on me. Swim! Ugh, like molasses. Arms moving in slow motion. So. Tough. Can't. Do. More. He asks, why am I trying so hard to move the water? And then suggests moving ME. So start the forward hand earlier, not later. Hot dang, did that feel different! No more sludge! But, suddenly I'm turning over fast like I'm sprinting. No deep breath just a gasp. And I'm getting dizzy. Stop and think. And ask--is the fast turnover OK? Yes, as long as their are gains. I feel like I'm sprinting, so I rest every 25y or 50y to just think and visualize. But it feels good. And fast! But I can't sustain it. It's just too much. Stop to re-evaluate (and get air). Am I flailing my head around. 25y later--yes. OK, focus on the bottom of the pool to prevent the flail to the left. Stop again. Am I holding my breath? No, maybe, no. CHG-- watch the pool tiles in the center stripe. And focus on breathing out as soon as the face is underwater. I think I wait for one arm stroke before I breath out. Things to work on out of water--stand in front of a mirror and turn side to side without moving head. And focus on how I breath. I don't suck in a big breath, heave it out, then gasp more in. It's a slow in, out, rest, in, out rest. I keep hoping for that epiphany in swimming. Who knows, this could be it.