2:01's Again

My swim coach pulled out an older workout for us to do. I like doing these sometimes because it provides a good way to offer some comparison. She had mentioned at the previous practice that we would be doing this again, so I went back into my records to see how I had done before.

Basically, the premise is that we are swimming 100 yard repeats every 2:01. However, we only have until the next top to finish. So we start the first one and have 2:00 to finish and then leave on the :01, and the second one we have 1:59 to finish and leave on the :02 and so on. We didn’t start at the top though, each of us started at a different time based on our ability.

The last time we did this, I started at the :10 and completed 17 intervals, missing the interval on the 18^th. So today our coach also had those numbers for all of us and decided that was too easy for me and another person, so she started us on the :15 for a 1:45 first interval.

The last time I basically did 1:36 intervals until the very end when I needed to speed them up. Today I was rock steady on 1:32 intervals until the very end when I needed to get under 1:30. That was tough since under 1:30 is basically an all-out sprint for me. But I successfully completed 17 intervals again!

One of the things that I noticed was that basically my arms got tired. It was less of an aerobic issue today but that my arms and specifically my tri's were tired. I just couldn't will them to pull any harder. I knew those tricep dips I did last night would come back to haunt me today.

I was super happy with my form today. I felt like I was gliding fast through the water, my stroke count stayed low the entire time. So that part went well. I didn't think I would be able to meet what I did last time with number of intervals considering we were starting 5s later this time, but I did. I am super happy with how this swim went today. It is fun to see progress.