Just keep swimming

Managed to actually make it to the pool today.  Go me!

Since I do two pool workouts a week, I try to make Tuesday’s (or Wednesday’s, in this case) an endurance workout while Thursday’s is a team swim filled with painful drills.

By that, I mean that on the first workout of the week, I just try to swim without stopping.  I aim to hit 1600 meters (32 laps), and so far this year, that’s been working.  I’m still fairly slow.  Today, that took me 50 minutes.  But I stopped more often than I would like because I was lazy.  And also because I’m easily distracted.  I have considered getting headphones for in the pool, but on some level, it’s good to be able to just put my head down and swim.  Much better preparation for races, I think.

I’d like to get that 1600 under 45 minutes, and I think it’s very possible if I just focus.  But it would be nice to do it without thinking.  I’ll get there.  I just need to keep working at it.  I’m also doing my best to balance my heart rate issues with swimming.  After all, if my HR gets too high while running, I can stop.  Not an option while swimming.  That said, I could swim faster.  I’m just being a little lazy about it.

I do enjoy the swim workout though.  It’s nice to be using my upper body for once!