Saturday, May 23, 2015

Training Journal #18

Lots to report:

May 10th: 5km swim, first time trying out the parachute at the YMCA. Got a bunch of interesting looks from the lifeguards and other swimmers.

May 14th: Kiwanis version of a test set (15x100m). Christine found this guy who coaches on another day to swim with me that day and he's fast. He's training for Brock varsity try-outs and he was exactly what I needed. While Christine gave everyone else a mid-way break this guy got me to swim 2 extra 100s, so I actually did 17x100m and all on 1:24-1:25. My lungs felt like they were going to explode. I have such a love-hate with those kinds of sets. SO DIFFICULT in the moment, but really satisfying afterwards.

Then we went up to Chesley for the weekend. On the Sunday I did a double crossing of the lake (there and back) for a whopping 2.2km. But do not be fooled by the low amount of km, those were probably some of my most important kilometres so far because they were cold. I was in a wetsuit and the water was hovering around 60 degrees. The wetsuit however was not designed for actually swimming and on the return trip I peeled it off and swam the rest bare-limbed. The open water season has officially begun. Christine will be pleased. All the cottagers thought I was nuts. I am a little bit nuts.

Mileage last week: 23.8km

May 19th: We did the most bizarre and extreme sprint set 30x50m I managed to hold 0:39.

May 22nd: Brock Masters 20x100 in 1:27 or under. I'm swimming neck and neck with another guy named Dave. He still beats me 90% of the time, but he's the only one faster than me now.

Mileage this week: 22.6km

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