Back(stroke) in the saddle?

SWIM: 2900y in 75 mins. Might have been 3000y, 2950y, not sure.
BIKE: 21.5-ish in 75 mins. Goal was long sets with good form, big circles.

Backstroke day! And after Monday's beat down of a swim, I came back hard and fast. The goal was to hang on and don't let go.

After finally showing up on time, CHG didn't! (I jinxed this, and the DH even joked that CHG wouldn't be there the day I finally showed up on time!!). Arrived at 5:10--go me!

Unlike Monday, I went out hard. I'd pause to let people go by if needed but many times I'd just go ahead of them. I worked on CHG's suggestion from Monday to swing the recovery arm with momentum--don't stop at the end of the pull, instead swing it out, elbow bent, and throw it forward. He's mentioned this before, but Monday's explanation made more sense. It was tiring and it made me feel faster. Whether or not I was really faster, I didn't time it so I don't know.

Either way, I went out hard and stayed there. I cut rests short to keep my place in line. I did hard sets when everyone else did easy. And like any really good swim workout, I lost count of the laps. It wasn't until we finished that I asked. KP and KB said 3600 total, including their WU and CD. So I backcalculated and got 3000. But since I can't remember if I did at 300 or 400 set in WU, I'll enter the low number in the record. Regardless, this is a looooong swim for me at Master's. And I liked it.

Much better day, much sharper feel, like I'm on the attack!

And this swim puts me at 99.4 miles for 2011! 0.5mi to go.

Oh and I heard it again today "it's because you have low body fat" in response to my dislike of cold pool water. Since it's so trendy for people to say to me, it's getting it's own tag.