We're at 9 weeks away from my swim! I've been learning how to look at water temperature and waves on Erie. Most of the lake is still high 40s, low 50s but I'm told it will warm up fast once it starts. At some point this month I'm supposed to get into open water. Maybe Chesley will be warm enough on the May long.
100m in 1:18 this past Wednesday!!
Mileage: 21.7km
A new element that has been added into my training is called resistance training. It all started on Thursday morning with what Christine calls Cords and Buckets. The work out is two-fold. For the Buckets part of it you have 2 buckets, attached to a bungee cord, attached to your waist. And then you swim, and then buckets catch the water creating resistance, and then you hate your life. For the second part - Cords, you have these same bungee cords attached around the handles of the deep end diving blocks and then attached around your waist. And then you swim, and the bungee stretches, but only so much creating resistance, and then you hate your life even more than when you were dragging the buckets. The whole idea is that by creating extra resistance you are not only strengthening your muscles to be able to handle things like waves/currents. In addition, when the resistance comes off you should be able to do some sprints and pull off some awesome times since your "new, lighter body" will feel so easy to move. Christine is letting me borrow her "parachute" to swim with. Its basically like the bucket idea, it just looks slightly less ridiculous and is easier to carry in a backpack. Something I have to be aware of is getting too comfortable in my workouts. If I'm not uncomfortable for at least some of it, I'm not improving. There's something deep and philosophical about that.
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