Swim workout
- 5 minutes warmup – 30 seconds kick drill, easy 50m
- something else here?
- 100m time trial – 1:47
- 2 x 25m slow @ 29 sec
- 100m easy
- 400m time trial – 8:19
- warm down 2 x 50m easy followed by quick stretch
As soon as I heard this was a time trial, I was seriously intimidated. The warmup felt tight and not good. The 100m was not as bad as I thought it was going to feel. My splits were 24, 25, 27, 27 and my thoughts were stay calm for the first two lengths and then I tried to go faster for the last two lengths. An observation, when I try to go faster something goes wrong and I actually go slower. I went fastest went I was trying to stay calm.
I was really nervous about doing 400m. I didnt know if I could make it. I didnt even know if I could count the right amount of lengths. The 400m was actually way easier then I thought. I just tried to go slow so that I wouldnt have to stop mid way because I couldnt make it. My ego took a little shot when I was put as the last swimmer to go in my lane. I had real troubles with getting bumped. I didnt know what to do when I caught up to Tam with 100m to go so I breast stroked for half a length and slowed down. I also didnt know how much I had left to go in the 400m.
But I didnt have any trouble at all making it 400m. In fact, I found it quite easy. So I guess I should count that as a victory. Im really hard on myself about where Im at in the pool. I really want to be better. I hope that I can figure out the right things to do to get there.
Run workout
- 55-60min run – what a treat to have a light week.