Long swim, but maybe not the last?

SWIM 90 mins and 4100y

CP said to make this one a long steady swim with the goal of not fading towards the end. Fade? Who me?

This was a mental challenge of a swim. I like doing intervals to make the minutes and yards go by faster. Otherwise 70-80 laps...back and forth...back and forth...oh that's so boring!!

I got to the pool late. This is a common occurrence lately. Just weeks ago I was up and at 'em at 4am, not I can't get out of bed early even though I go to bed early. Cumulative fatigue, boredom with the training, laziness? Which is it? I get up and just kinda uselessly sit around waiting to leave.

Anyway, I get to the pool and learn from DH that the OWS race option I almost did yesterday had 29 peeps and wind! EK did it and didn't seem excited by it either. DH called the conditions "less than ideal". I like that, something I'll keep in mind. Less Than Ideal.

The laps and yards ticked away smooth enough. With nothing else to focus on I was able to think about my swimming. I could feel the inefficiency, especially with my right arm/hand. There are times that I could feel it going "right" but it never lasted long. It mostly felt "right" after a brief rest, suggesting that it was muscle fatigue that was causing problems for me.

I swim the first 2000 and pulled the last 2000. Pulling sped me up a little, but since that wasn't the goal I didn't push it too much. I was still inefficient. But the last 1200 got interesting...a guy joined my lane who was doing this sort of breaststroke with a double pump arm move. Props for showing up and getting in the pool, but hoo boy this was slow! I was doing 75-100y per his 25. He was creating a wave front ahead of him that bounced off the wall he was approaching and I've never felt that before! It was OWS in the pool! There was an amazing amount of chop! Great practice :) Thanks, man!

I finished the 4000 and tacked on another 100 to stretch it out. I was tempted to go for 4300 and call it a 2.44 mile swim, but I opted against since I was running so late. Here it was nearly 10am! I needed to get to work! As I sat on the edge of the deck I saw storm clouds moving in. And another swimmer who was going to take my lane space (he toed the water and thought it was too cold--HTFU!!!!) being a sissie about the temp and the potential to be kicked out for a storm. Sure enough, he got in and the whistles blew for the storm. Nice timing on my part!

The swim felt OK, not fast, but I'm steady and persistent. I thinking about it, I realized today that I really do want to swim better, really I do. But it seems I always have some excuse--I have a race coming up, I'm injured, it's expensive--always one excuse or another as to why I don't do what's needed to improve. In summary, I want it but I'm not willing to work for it.

I'm wondering what will happen to my swim habit after CDA. I'm hoping to hit the 100 mile mark before June 30th and I only have 10.6 miles to go. So I might could pull that off. But after the race? I'd like to get back to Masters. I'd like to do that 2.4mi OWS race at Evergreen on Aug 4th. I do want to improve.

 I just have to quit wanting it and start doing it.