RUN 4 miles to the pool in 36 some odd minutes
SWIM 2200 yards in 55 mins
Running before swimming is maybe a great way to warm up for a swim? Let's get to the swim.
It felt great! I was going to meet RM there, but he changed his schedule so I was on my own. I had the lane to myself for most of the swim. The workout is from ST.com:
WU 300ez; 4x50 drill; 4x50 as 25f/25e
MS 4x 3x100, each set of 3 a few seconds faster than previous
CD 3x100 as kick, pull, choice
I LIKE this workout! The first set of 100's was unexpectedly fast, clocked just under 2 minutes. My goal was right at or over 2 mins, thinking that I was only going to get so much faster by the time I got to the last set.
The 2nd and 3rd sets were easily sped up, as usual I probably put more effort in than I gained in speed, but I wasn't all-out by the time I got the 4th set. The timing was surprising me -- I was waiting 15 s to push off yet I was getting 2:03 type times for the 100's!
So for the 4th set I reset my timer so I wasn't looking at the 100+recovery time. I wanted a straight answer and not have to wonder if my mental math was making this look better than it really was.
Nope: the first 100 was 1:41!! The second was 1:43, the third was 1:42. I know I'd be a few seconds faster if I could manage a better turn. For the third I was aiming for a sub 1:40, hoping to see a 1:3? something, but it looks like that's my next goal!
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