Swimming was hard this morning. I wasn't able to do the first 200 yards. I stopped at 100. From there on I just did 50s until I had done 800 total yards and then I did 8X25 for a total of 1000 yards. Part of the reason the 200 was so hard was probably because I wasn't using my pull buoy. I had wondered during my last swim if it was making things easier for me, and I think I got my answer this morning. By providing some floatation, it makes it easier to pull myself through the water. I do think it has helped my form, though. I'm going to continue using it, just a little more sparingly.
I also swam on Tuesday 2/22. That was a busy day so I didn't post anything about it. It was an uneventful swim. There's really not much to say about swimming. Back and forth in the pool is dull when it's being done and writing about it multiplies the dullness by a factor of about 11.
In the future I'm going to work towards being able to do each successive workout using the pull buoy part time and then ditching it until I can do it without before moving on to the next workout. I do believe it has been beneficial. I'm doing 1000 yards (with frequent breaks) all freestyle now. 2 months ago I was struggling just to get through 50 yards freestyle.
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