Pay close attention.....

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I am now going to expose myself on my blog. Watch closely.... .. Okay, no, not that way. I'm going to post my swim times. Something I have never done before because I am slower than molasses in wintertime. But here goes.

Warm-up: 200 m - 4:26
1000m: 31:52
4 x 100m: 3:01, 2:47, 2:48, 2:55
4 x 50 m : 1:30, 1:17, 1:23, 1:33
Cool down: 100 m - 2:48

Total: 1900m 57:04

That's 1.18 miles in under an hour folks. For me, that's fast. What this means is that I would absolutely make the swim cut-off in a 1/2 Ironman.

2 weeks ago I was swimming 100 m at: 4:31, 3:54, 3:37, 3:44. I have knocked almost a minute off my time and I'm just swimming. I have not even started doing drills yet.

Today while I was swimming something happened and it was truly amazing. I was doing my 1000m and it seemed like I kept bumping into the walls. The length seemed to be much shorter today even though I was in the same pool I always swim in. When I saw that I did 1000m in 31 minutes I was excited. What I think is that my pull is getting much stronger. I can really feel the movement when I pull and now it only takes me 16 strokes to get 25 m. When I started it was 24 I think. Wow, I feel good.

What a great way to start the week after such a crappy weekend.......

Comments

Nancy Toby said…
Which of these numbers is not like the others?? How 'bout that 1:17 for 50m!?!? What were you doing then? Keep it up, whatever it was!!

Your 1000m time is almost exactly the same as mine, but you have a few pretty darned fast lengths in there!!!

I think (like me) the inconsistency in times shows that we're both still working a lot on our technique. Keep up the great work!!!!
12:51 PM
Bolder said…
seems like you've got great technique... i've only moved from 24 to 18/19 recently.

as Nancy says, those 100s are good, as you build endurance your times will drop.

i don't know about you, but there is a lot of chocolate bribery involved in me swimming a long TT... so that in itself deserves a p-dawg salute!

keep it up!! i see a dorsal fin in your future.
4:05 PM
Papa Tweet said…
Wow, those are huuuuge gains. Way to go! That is some serioulsy huge improvement. Keep it up.
Benny
9:36 PM
La said…
That's outstanding, Flo! Great improvement!
6:49 PM
Anonymous said…
Just found your blog and it's most inspiring. 16 strokes per 25 metres is great. I wish. I'm a shortie so I'd be doing a happy, happy dance if I could do that. I always find that my own improvements come where I put the most attention. It definitely shows that you're working on the swim. Congratulations.
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