After my last post, I realized that I need to kick it up a bit with the swimming. I have learnt that when I feel like I am improving, I get excited to do more in the particular sport (eg., mega biking and running in January). Also, although I know that even though swimming is the shortest part of a triathlon, it is very important because it sets the day up, etc, I still feel I can skimp on it (I know I don't really, but by comparison with my running and biking I do).
Today I was determined to have a hard, good, long swim. No, I did not feet like getting in the water. My mom and Petru dropped me to the Y on their way to toy shopping, and I told them to give me 70 minutes, which meant that I was going to either swim more than my typical mile, or wait around. I hate wasting time, so I knew right away I tricked myself. Ha, ha, ha!
I warmed up for 400m (50 free, 50 breast) and then did the main set, a ladder 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 350, 400 with the first 1/2 of the interval slower, focusing on form, and the second 1/2 faster, keeping form. I took 3-5 yoga breaths between intervals. Then I cooled down with 200 back stroke, for a total of 1.5 miles!
I felt better and better in the water, and swam amazingly well for the 400meter interval. I am always surprised as to how I get stronger and stronger the longer I swim. I was probably slower in my first 50 meter interval than in the last 50 meter of the 400meter intervals.
So swimming in on! I feel I am getting better and I take that as a sign that I am going to enjoy getting in the pool for longer swims!
Speaking of signs...please, please let it NOT snow any more. No more snow days! Petru is obsessed with signs and today he made over 50 of them which he placed on the walls of not only his room, but also the living room, dining room, kitchen....
12 comments:
I think that those signs are pretty cool and it would not be fun to have them only in one room.
So you decided not to do Masters then? I remember that you wanted to give it a try.
Yes, no masters, 5 am in the pool on the 3 days I have clinic, not working out this year
nice signs :)
Nice way to do something productive with the snow day :-) Glad your pool was still open!
Hahah, I love Petru's signs, but I know as a mother it'd probably make me manic!
Excellent job on the longer swims - you are doing fantastic! I was at the pool today and the heater was broke - omg it was soooo cold. On a day that was -15 for a high, too (and no school for us either, but that was solely cus of the cold as we had barely any snow!).
Lol that's a lot of signs. Way to take advantage of your day off with a good swim!
These signs are too cute! So funny! You are inspiring me to swim. Sounds like a great workout!
I need to do some more swimming myself. What a great workout.
Well, Petru will pass the drivers exam and will exactly understand what they mean, more then half the drivers out there, wait till you are corrected on the street while driving with Petru
ha the signs are too funny! is he actually running around the house like it's a highway?
Oh I love the signs! Boys are so fun! :)
Oh God. Laughing at the signs. My husband brought home a huge ream of computer paper from an old printer for the kids. On my LONG treadmill run last week, my two youngest drew our entire town (Subway, DQ, hardware store etc.) It was about 30 feet long and then my oldest hung it up as a border downstairs with 15 rolls of tape. Paper everywhere!!!
I don't know much about swimming but I'm quite sure you do quite well with it! I really don't know how you manage all that training with work and mom duty. I am seriously impressed and always inspired by you. Honestly, I've thought of you MANY times when I didn't want to do a workout... Hardass!!!!
Thankyou for the advice. I truly value your opinions on most anything. I'm curious as to what your profession actually is. I'm not sure if I missed it or you haven't really outright said it. Clinic, research, patients???? I've pegged you as a psychologist, a fertility specialist, a geneticist! Whatever it is, you're smarter than me, I know that!!! HA!
Enjoy the rest of your weekend! Perhaps you're kickin' out another killer Saturday morning Fresh Pond run as I type this!!
Post a Comment