Kathleen's Adventures

Tuesday I caved on my "no exercise for 2 weeks" and went to masters swim practice at the Y.  I was going crazy and feeling beyond fat and lazy so had to do something and figured swimming is by far the most harmless of my choices. About halfway through practice, I realized it was possible I was swimming fast for me.  Really fast.  I was swimming my "easy" 200s on 3:00 and my hard ones on 2:50.  Really?  My fastest 100 I'd ever recorded before that was 1:25.  I guess a little time off might have done this body some good.  I hadn't swam in probably 3 weeks.  I figured some of it was "beginner's luck" for my comeback.  I also ended up swimming 3500yds for the workout and it wasn't that bad at all (definitely the farthest I have swam at once since IMFL in November...I think I had a few workouts just over 3000 before Lonestar, but certainly not 3500+).  I was going for 4000, but my left calf had other plans after my push off the wall aroun...

Ok , I admit it...I suck a blogging lately. Or for the past several months. But, I think that is probably ok because I doubt the lives of many people hinge on my regular blog posting. I think a lot of it is that my life is a little more full now as compared to when I started blogging, and I certainly like it better this way. I know many of my readers are sitting on the edge of their seats though just waiting to hear about my most recent swim, ride, or run, so here you go. Swimming Have not been feeling it too much lately, but at the same time I have been having some decent workouts. My Lonestar swim stuck with me for a while - I did not really have any answers for what it was so slow other than that I am now slower than I used to be. That assumption was reaffirmed Friday before last - I did a 300yd time trial at the pool just to see where things were. I had done one in February 2008 (~2 months out from IMAZ ) and was about 2 months out from IMCDA , so thought I'd compare. FA...

So I finally went to the Y to swim on a Saturday, outside of masters. I was interested to "test" my progress to see if I've gotten any faster. I can't really tell at masters because I am just always scrambling to do the workout and don't really pay attention to how fast or slow I'm doing anything. Well, after my short 900 yd swim, I found out that I am, in fact, faster!! I use 300s as my time trial distance and periodically swim one or two here and there just to get an idea of where I am. Last summer or maybe the fall, I had managed to get my 300 yd time down to 4:41. I was pretty happy with that at the time. Well...drum roll please...Saturday I pulled out a 4:31 and then a 4:28. I'm pleased with my progress!