Yards: 1200
Strait #1 Progress: 5.5 of 9.7 miles
Time: 37 min.
Stroke count: 15-17 - did coasting, thigh touch drills on every freestyle lap
Felt: Like it was just too easy. Also breathed bilaterally automatically.
Challenges: Longed to go farther. Want to swim in open water.
Fears: None.
Emotion: Excited about the longterm.
Learned: The BEST time to swim at the Madison Y is Sunday 12-4 ... So peaceful ... Until the schedule changes again tomorrow?
Date: 7/6/13
Yards: 1800
Strait #1 Progress: 6.5 of 9.7 miles
Time: 45 min.
Stroke count: 15-17 - did coasting, thigh touch drills on every freestyle lap.
Stroke count: 15-17 - did coasting, thigh touch drills on every freestyle lap.
Felt: Very challenging, because used paddles for the first time during the main set. Used pull buoy at times, which I have not done in years.
Challenges: Learning how to use the paddles to create the most resistance possible.
Fears: None.
Emotion: Annoyance about crowd and lifeguards' unwillingness to keep random people out of the lap lane.
Learned:
1) Avoid the Y on Saturdays. So crowded.
2) Best is to do freestyle like climbing ladder as swimmers are taught now, not figure 8, as I was first taught. This was obvious when using the paddles.
3) Must start swimming 3x/week. Have not been, due to caring for Mr. Joseph, being so tired.
4) Must use paddles and pull buoy some each workout.
Fears: None.
Emotion: Annoyance about crowd and lifeguards' unwillingness to keep random people out of the lap lane.
Learned:
1) Avoid the Y on Saturdays. So crowded.
2) Best is to do freestyle like climbing ladder as swimmers are taught now, not figure 8, as I was first taught. This was obvious when using the paddles.
3) Must start swimming 3x/week. Have not been, due to caring for Mr. Joseph, being so tired.
4) Must use paddles and pull buoy some each workout.
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