I have been dreaming lately of effortless gliding through water. each time I'm swimming the backstroke. my kick feels great and releases pent up energy. the rhythm of my rotation in my stroke is both relaxing + rejuvenating. maybe my mind was trying to tell me something: my body wants to swim. {though I'm still not sure why it was calling for the backstroke. that seems random}
[does anyone else do cross training on wednesdays? I don't know why, but I've always done it on wednesdays. maybe it's just a cross training sort of day, what with it being in the middle of the week and all. tuesdays are always scheduled as speed days. is my training too predictable?]
so what with it being wednesday and all, I knew I needed to do something other than run. I also knew that my body was craving the pool. and since I didn't wake up ridiculously early this morning for masters, I was left to do it on my own.
I had no plan going into it, so I just swam whatever I felt like at the moment. I did the 500 warm up, some kicking, a few sprint 25's, some longer sets, a splattering of laps other than freestyle, I did some build: descending + ascending. . . it was a little bit of everything.
what I am most excited about is ironically not my backstroke. I mean, that felt okay, but my butterfly--oh, my butterfly! I was able to swim it! I mean, really swim it! {okay, so I wasn't doing endless laps and laps of the fly or anything. actually I did some 100 IM sets. but I was able to make it all the way without resorting to a drill. I felt fantastic, though I'm sure I still looked like a flopping fish} there's something in the rhythm of this stroke. the kicks + arm movements. maybe I'm finally feeling how it's supposed to be. how that little extra kick right before you come out of the water to breathe helps propel you forward, not upward. I don't know what it was, but it felt good. just about as good as the backstroke felt in my dreams.
swimming; steiner; 1 hour
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coach, you rock.
I ran 45 minutes on treadmill again... and I was watching the clock the whole time. I should have made it a cross-train Wednesday.
I can't say that I do "cross train Wednesday" since I keep a pretty good mix of biking,running, swimming, and elliptical. But on Wednesdays I totally crave something different. Thursdays are my swim days, and Saturdays are my triathlon days...guess we are all a little predictable. Glad to see you got your feet wet in the pool, I must have been sending you mind rays about swimming!
I spin on Monday and Friday. Run tues, wed, thurs and sat. I am pretty predictable...I think that is a key to successful training and consistent exercise. If you don't expect your body to do something on a specific day, I think it is easier to not get out of bed at all.
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