Another Wham Bam Swam Workout.

I had the pool all to myself today!  I so wish I could have swam all day alone! I wanted to but I didn't.  Two things prevented that with one being that I'm out of shape and secondly the Bromine in the pool was making me itch and burn like crazy. It wasn't to the end of my workout when I started to get itchy.  I thought I had gotten bitten by something.

Warm Up:
400 Swim.  And not my usual swim a 50 relax, swim another 50.  I swam the full 400 slow but non stop.  Total time 5:42 with a 1:25min average pace.
300 Pulling no Paddles.  A bit slower at 4:22 with a 1:27 min average pace.

Main Set:
12x75's Free pulling w/ paddles on 1:10
1    :59.4     75     1:19
2    1:00.5     75     1:21
3    :59.2     75     1:19
4    :56.8     75     1:16
5    :58.9     75     1:19
6    :59.2     75     1:19
7    :55.5     75     1:14
8    :55.8     75     1:14
9    :56.1     75     1:15
10    :55.6     75     1:14
11    :54.2     75     1:12
12    :55.0     75     1:13

I was at 1,600 yards so I was thinking I'd swim 2,000 yards and call it a day.  Hey, lunch was calling.  I already taught two spin classes this morning.  I started to swim 8x50's backstroke.  But my left side was getting itchy and sorta like the skin was being pulled.  After swimming 4x50's I got out.  In the locker room I searched for a mark or something but nothing.  When I showered I could tell it was the chemicals.  Ick!  So 1,800 yards.  Better then nothing.

My Progress for Go The Distance 2013
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    12.10 miles (=21,300 yards, =19,477 meters)
Jul    13.44 miles (=23,650 yards, =21,626 meters)
Aug    8.96 miles (=15,775 yards, =14,425 meters)
Sep    5.54 miles (=9,750 yards, =8,915 meters)
Total    69.87 miles (=122,975 yards, =112,448 meters)

Well it's the 10th of the month and I'm already ahead of March.  I should get one more swim in this week.  This weekend it's only Sunday as I have a training thing on Saturday.  That will be 8 hours of core work…maybe I'll find abs under my box of wine.  The rest of the month should get to me to at least 10 miles.  I'd love to beat my 13.44 but we'll see.