It's All About The Stripes!

Never mind garbage yardage this morning's swim was just garbage.  It shouldn't have been as it rained last night so the pool was a bit cooler.  Still too warm but I should have felt better in the pool.    I kept hoping that my body and my mind would connect at some point during the workout but that never happened.  I pretty much just swam to swam and did some butterfly so the workout wasn't a complete waste of time.   Even with several workouts printed and ready to swim I just made this up as I went along. 

Warm Up:

400 Mixed

200 Kick (600)

6x50's Pullling w/ paddles Breathing every 3 on 55 (300/900)

1    :41.6     50     1:23
2    :41.8     50     1:24
3    :41.3     50     1:23
4    :42.0     50     1:24
5    :40.4     50     1:21
6    :41.1     50     1:22

Hmmm...then 2x50's something according to the Garmin Swim.  Just don't remember what it was. (100/1000)

8x50's on 1:05.  4 - Fly/Free 4- Back/Free by 25 (400/1400)

1    :40.6     50     1:20
2    :39.6     25     2:39
3    :39.4     50     1:19
4    :38.4     50     1:17
5    :42.7     50     1:26
6    :42.4     50     1:25
7    :42.6     50     1:25
8    :41.8     50     1:24

8x25's on 30 2 of each stroke (200/1600)

1    :18.1     25     1:11
2    :17.7     25     1:11
3    :21.5     25     1:27
4    :22.0     25     1:28
5    :24.0     25     1:36
6    :24.5     25     1:38
7    :19.8     25     1:19
8    :20.7     25     1:23

150 75 butterfly on back 75 backstroke w/ fins (150/1750)

100 fly (100/1850)

Then warmed down a 150 to get to 2,000 yards in about 50 minutes or so.  Gotta work today so couldn't stay and swim more.  Hopefully next week I'll be able to swim on my own then with a small group.  That way I can get more yards in. 

I did wear my new stripped Splish.com suit today and had lot's of compliments from the other lap swimmers and pool walkers.  You definatly can see me swimming in this suit!

If only I had swam another 50 or so this morning...

Month    Total Distance
Jan    6.96 miles (=12,250 yards, =11,201 meters)
Feb    6.25 miles (=11,000 yards, =10,058 meters)
Mar    2.50 miles (=4,400 yards, =4,023 meters)
Apr    7.02 miles (=12,350 yards, =11,293 meters)
May    7.10 miles (=12,500 yards, =11,430 meters)
Jun    7.07 miles (=12,450 yards, =11,384 meters)
Total    36.90 miles (=64,950 yards, =59,390 meters)

I'm going to make a goal of 10 miles this month.  I think I should be able to do that.  Even though my workout week might be a bit hectic I'm going to shoot to get to the pool most days even if it's only for a 1,000 yard splash.  I know in a few weeks I have one week that I can't imagine myself swimming more then once.