UGH - rain is forecasted all week for Boston, and most of the East coast. Today I swam 900 yards, and ran 2.1 miles on the treadmill - basically my idea of torture swimming and running on a treadmill.
I am getting surprisingly better at swimming though. This week I did a 200 yard warm up and cool down (double from last week). For my sets, I swam 6X50 yards on one minute - so swimming 50 yards, and using the left over time up until 1 minute for rest. I was able to swim most of my 50s in 45-50 seconds, so I had 10-15 seconds rest. For the first two 50s I focused on my pull - making sure I was really reaching out long in front, and then pulling my arms down towards my body in an S shape. For the second set of two, I focused on my kick, making sure it stayed below the water, and that I was using my whole leg and not just kicking from the ankles. For the last set of two, I focused my efforts on breathing, and not lifting my head too high when coming out of the water for air - my number one problem. For my 100's I did them in 2 minutes (same concept as with the 50's) and really focused on putting it all together. I felt great in the water, but still am having trouble with flip turns and breathing consistently. Brian says that I need to practice breath control, and I need to be thinking about the wall WAAAY before I get there - swimmer talk?? Luckily in an open water swim there aren't any flip turns :)
Week 3 of my hard-core training is going well. Schedule got a little bit off because of the wedding in VT this weekend, BUT I ran 5 miles and hiked over 3 miles up a mountain on Saturday, so that's at least two days worth of work...
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