When in doubt, Swim it out

Lately I have felt that my workouts were not as effective as they had been over the last 6 months. So, I knew I needed to change it up. I have been running so much, here I am 4 months away from the Triathlon and I have only swam twice since last October and not biked at all! Today, I gave it my all in the pool...well, my all until I HAD to get out! I wish I had more time to dedicate to working out during the day. 

I got in a good 750 yards. I really wanted to go for 1000 and I could have! Usually (well, I only have 2 years of personal data to go on) I am a bit slow when I start out in the pool. I may get one or two 50 yard swims under 50 seconds and then I would be right at or over 50 seconds and end my workout with my average 100 yards somewhere around 1:50 or slower.

Well, today I was out of the gate with a 0:47 sec warm up lap! Uh oh...was I falling into the same routine...today, that answer would be NO! Here is my workout:
[SS means swim sprint and KB means kick board]

Warm Up
SS 0:47 
SS 0:46
KB 1:11
KB 1:08

Workout
SS 0:46
SS 0:46
SS 0:46
SS 0:45
SS 0:47
KB 1:07
KB 1:05
SS 0:46
SS 0:47

Cool Down
SS 0:48
SS 0:49

I was so impressed that not one of my SS was at or over 0:50! I even got better at my KB's; however, in the past I have done these on average at about 0:55 to 1:02. I ended my workout with my total swim time at 13:02 and my average 100 was 1:44. I was in the pool for about 30 minutes. This was one of those workouts that I could have just kept going. I wasn't tired when I got back to work, nor was I sore the next day!

It is days like this that make me believe I CAN do it! I have been feeling a bit down about how I look [even though my smaller clothes still fit, I have gained about 6 pounds!] It just gets discouraging to see that. But, I am going to keep my head up and move forward. I have a Triathlon to train for! 

Here's to the next workout! Until then...

April :)