On Monday, I jumped in the pool after a long weekend off and, somewhere along the way, went from doing a casual 3k to something more insane. It all started with a harmless 500 yard kick. I've told you how I hate to kick. Then I jumped into doing some crawl. I got to a mile and thought why not 2? I got to 2 and thought why not 4500?
I got to 4500 and thought wow.
The 4500 crawl gave me my first 5000 yard workout. 3+ miles in one session. It also gave me 250,000+ yards in under 18 months of swimming. I swam it a bit on the slow side - 1:20 for the 4500 - but considering the total swim / kick distance, I'm pretty happy.
I know, for my target, I have 10+ minutes to shave off that time. I really want 1:05, but I'm going to be ecstatic at 1:10. Next year's target is already forming in my mind at 1:00 or less. It's a lot of work, and I'm going to love it all.
Today, I decided to just stretch things out a bit and only did 1700. This week's goal is 5 or 6 sessions and 15,000 yards, trying to tune up well so I can taper by the time the week of the 21st comes around. I still have one more tri class this week and should be half way there after tomorrow!
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