Another long swim

SWIM 85 mins and 4100y

It's probaby safe to say I almost didn't get this swim in. I had another lazy morning, waking up late and eating too much at breakfast (I've been skipping lunch lately, sets up a bad cycle...) and deciding to try to get to the gym sometime later in the day. Work has been slow the last few days (painfully so) so I risked it by sneaking out for a long lunch break in the middle of the day. It was a double risk because I didn't know the pool schedule for 1pm on a Friday. Could be packed with kids...or noodlers...

Turns out I got super lucky.  Two lap lanes were open, one other swimmer and two kids in the rec area. NICE! So now what workout to do...I wasn't really in the mood, yet I still wanted to swim. Funny that. Usually I skip the swim as soon as I can. Must be that GTD I'm doing. I'm so close to 100 miles by June 30!! Geez what I'll do for nothing sometimes!

I started off with a 1000 loco for a WU, not doing the easy/fast alternates but just using the intervals to get started. Following my 20 minute rule, sure enough after the WU I was more into it and ready to keep going. I decided to do a straight, steady 1000y swim. This took 20:21, not bad considering my PR in that distance is something like a long 19 mins.

The next 1000y I pulled but did alternate stroke breathing, either left only, bilateral, or 4-stroke. Although I was trying to keep from looking at the lap counter I couldn't help it. In the 2nd 1000y I was shocked to see I'd only reached 14 laps before I looked. Then in this 2nd one I made it to 18, all the while thinking I was 20-something. I try to zone out and forget, but all happens is I start counting laps twice!

The CD was another loco, again more off breathing and pulling. I tell myself I'm pulling to keep from kicking and to simulate the wetsuit buoyancy. I'm deluding myself. I'm just being lazy. And tired!

This puts me at 91.72 miles and 14 days to go!