The Workout: Swim @ MI for 33 minutes.
I know I said I was going to post this weeks workouts today, but this week getting back from vacation has been so messed up that I'm just going to do what I feel like for this week and then start back into it on Monday.
Today's swim was really good though. I feel like I've got a very efficient crawl stroke, but I've just got to build up to be able to maintain it for longer. When doing it right I can just glide through the water, but as soon as I tire it starts to get and feel pretty sloppy.
The first few laps at the lake I maintained the crawl pretty well. Then I fell out of it. I've been taking short breaks usually when that happens to recompose, rest, and get back at it. However, this time I wanted to swim until I tired. So I kept at it and switched to the breast stroke (which in my opinion is ok). The only catch is that in a group/race you might accidentally "reach out and touch someone" with a kick or an arm... so the crawl is more pack friendly, but if you must switch strokes that's fine too. I'm working up to be able to maintain crawl throughout the duration of the race, but if I need to I will switch to the old standby, even the sidestroke if I feel like. My thought is that the crawl is obviously the stroke of choice, but as long as you're efficient and can make it through the water in a timely fashion, do as you please. Nobody is going to fault you for it.
This leads me to my next post. I'm going to introduce you to a few of my favorite things :)
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