There have always been those run workouts which I could point to and say that was a break through workout. Well I had one of those today in my swimming. Now I'm improved a bunch in my swimming since last fall mostly because I was swimming more and focusing on form.
Well after my trip to Tucson I picked up a few additional tips from the coaches and I've been working on fixing those things. The biggest was my stroke was coming across my body a bit so I've been working on keeping my stroke in line with my shoulder which has been tough.
Today I a set of 3 x 100 descending time by a few seconds, then 2 x 400 at steady state and finally 10 x 100 at a comfortable pace. This last set was fantastic and I really felt my break through. I did all of the 100's between 1:23 and 1:25 but most importantly these were all pretty comfortable. These are by far the fastest and most consistent 100's I've ever swam. I could really feel the extra power I was getting with my stroke keeping in line with my shoulders.
I needed this workout because I think the long run and ride this weekend are not going to be so positive as the winter weather is back and things are going to be cold, wet, and windy or more specifically miserable.
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