At Masters tonight, Amanda in my lane told me my picture was on the poster advertising the next session, and apparently the same images were also in an email we got. I feel so cool! And to make things better, a fast woman from 2 lanes over told me in the locker room that I have gotten a lot better and look much smoother and faster. It FEELS better, too, much more natural. Well, except for this breathing stuff we did tonight. I did OK taking only 4 breaths per length for the 200, 300 and 500 sets. The 3 breaths per length for the next 300 was pushing it, and the 1 breath per length for the 200 ended up being more like 8 25s (with loooong rests in between). But I do have faith that all this misery is paying off. We retest the 500 on the last session in 2 weeks. I only really hope for under 10:30, though 9:5x would be very nice. At least now, I feel like I can cruise for long sets and feel comfortable, even if I am not good at pushing the pace. Comfort was all I wanted. If I do this again, I can work on speed.
6 comments:
Awesome! That's cool! :)
Very cool!
The only thing I like about the hypoxic breathing stuff is that it reminds me of being 11 years old, back when I thought it was "fun" to test how far I could swim underwater. Other than that, yeah, miserable.
Yay!!!
That's awesome! you real swimmer :)
You're famous!
woohoo swimming poster child! you should offer to sign it for posterity.
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