Okay, so it wasn't actually a very active day unless you want to count shoveling snow but I don't remember seeing that in the training plan. Today was distance day at New England's and I just kind of went and lazily slugged my way through it. At least I beat my seed time. Nothing real good about the swim. I realized I totally forgot how to swim the 1000. I was out awfully slow just swimming with the guys on either side of me. That was a mistake because by the time I realized that I was going to make the swim without a problem and I should probably just drop those guys it was too late for me to do much of anything. I guess it's good to shake off some rust and realize I can pretty much even split my swim, but if you're coming in 10:50 on a 1000 you'd best be able to even split it at the very least. Oh well, I ended up second in my age group which is what I expected without a fast suit or a shave. Good enough for a day lacking motivation and for the warm-up I did. I'm actually looking forward to the 200 breast Friday and I don't know why. I know I can't expect to be sub-2:10 with the few swim workouts I've done but for some reason I think I'll be right around there so I'm anxious to see how it all plays out. I felt good in the water today, just took me a while to get moving and it was tough to get motivated over on my side of the pool without anyone around me. Maybe next year I'll actually try to crank it up on distance day. Guess it's good practice for triathlon. If I can do my swims with as little effort and be nearly that pace I'll be in good shape. Tomorrow I hope to get in a bike and run just because I know I'll probably try and get three swims in this weekend before the big meet...which after the 200 breast really doesn't matter that much.
I've got extra motivation to get running now that Jason has said he managed 1.5 miles at 7 minute miles without any pain. Must have had a wind at his back.
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