Friday, February 8, 2013

Day 15

Great day swimming!

  • Swam 25 laps, all but one of them freestyle - each a new record.
  • First attempt at breathing every third stroke (on alternating sides).
  • Sore/fatigued afterward to an unprecedented degree.
So I eclipsed the 1km mark by a good margin (1143m), which pleases me.

I'm more pleased, however, at the latter points.

Changing my breathing rhythm gave me less air, but since i run such a huge air deficit and have to stop constantly anyway it wasn't as crippling as you'd think.  Moreover, the extra "head down" stroke let me do more swimming and less breathing, which felt right.  I had been concerned about my asymmetry when swimming (biasing toward my right side), so hopefully this will even that out.

The last point may be because i swam more, or because of lifting twice this week, or maybe the extra head-down stroke letting me push a little harder (it did feel more strenuous in the water, in a good way).  I am hopeful that the fatigue indicates i'm doing something right.

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