I did 1150 yards this morning. It consisted of 2x300, 3X150, and 2X50. It was really cool out but the water was warm. The pool looked like a fog machine. Overall it was an enjoyable swim. I pushed myself a little harder this morning, but was still well within my comfort zone for most of the swim.
I like to read blogs of other endurance athletes for tips and motivation. Sometimes I read comments like "I did a 1,000 yard warm up swim", or "I did a quick and easy 3,000 yard workout" and I just about fall out of my chair. My whole work out is just over 1,000 yards and some of these people would view that as a warm up. Now, I know given the progress I've made in running over the past 9 months that I could just as easily make that much progress swimming but it still blows my mind. I'm not even sure I want to be able to swim 3000 yards in a single workout. It would be cool, but that's a lot of back and forth. That's 120 lengths of the pool I'm using now and at my current pace would take about an hour.
Oh well. It is what it is. My goal for now is to do my entire 1000 yard workout non-stop. For now I'm just going to enjoy my twice weekly 1000ish yard swims until the urge hits me to do more. I view it as a good opportunity for cross training, something that works muscles outside of those in my legs.
Next up: Tomorrow is a rest day and then I'll be doing my long run Saturday. As much as I hate it, I'm going to try to carry a bottle of water with me. I need to obtain some sort of hydration gear that keeps my hands free.
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