Well, after taking the last 4 months off from swimming -- it was back to the pool today. I hadn't been in the water since I stepped out of the water and into T1 for IronMan Louisville.
My plan was to only swim 500 yds -- just an easy quick swim. Of course the hardest part of the entire swim is the initial dive into the pool. Is the pool going to be cold or just a bit cold -- that is always the surprise that is not fun finding out the answer.
The first 2-3 laps went great with my stroke coming back fine. It was the last 7 laps that were a bit hard. My upper body is just not in swim condition. No worries here, but I now plan on going multiple times per week to get that fitness back. I'll stay with 500 yds for a few weeks and then gradually build those laps up until we hit open water season.
I've been a bit laxed with the IronMan training over the Holidays. Instead of stressing to get my workouts in during the Holidays, I just go on an everyother day 3 mile run schedule and that works well.
Spent some time at the Cottage over the holidays and did some more SnowBoarding with the Mini's.
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Sounds like a good plan for getting into back into the swim of things.
Work on technique and before you know it you'll be back to your old self. Better even!
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