It's been a big week!
Mileage: 20.5 km. Essentially I can now swim the distance of my crossing over the course of a week.
On Monday I RAN FOR 30 MINUTES! Christine says I need to be able to run 5km by the time I do my swim, and I think I'm getting really close to that point! Also on Monday I did 100m in 1:21!
On Wednesday we did a test set again and I did 400m in 6:16 which is not quite the time I was hoping for but still faster than last time so I'm not even close to unhappy!
Thursday I swam 5.7km on my own in a pretty intense work out. I have this fancy swim watch my parents bought me that will count your laps for you as long as you're doing more than just kicking. This is very handy for me since I often lose count, and not at lap 134, I typically lose count at lap 6.
I've sent more blood work in so I'm waiting for those results to see if my iron levels are rising.
The interesting thing that will be happening over the next 2 weeks is I'll actually decrease my mileage in preparation for another Trial Swim (10km). This is called tapering. The idea is that since you're body is used to working harder you will have all this pent up extra energy (especially after 3 full days off) and this will help sustain you over a long distance activity. I'm cool with it. A little extra downtime? Suuuuure!
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