Swimming is a Grind

There's no sugar coating it, swimming is tough.  On Sunday we had another brutal Stroke Class at the JCC, I held back a bit on the kicking only laps and tried to ease up on the freestyle portions speed wise, so I made it through in slightly better shape than the previous class.  Afterwards I felt sore rather than just having blubbery arms, which I took as a good sign that the breathing isn't the only limitation anymore.  Truth is being sore probably has everything to do with breathing, because it determines how much time I spend anaerobic (a lot).

My plan today (Tuesday) was to just do easy 50m's at alternating breathing, and hope to make maybe one or two into 100m.  I did do 5 solid 50's alternating breathing all the way, but then I hit the wall and could only do about 30m before switching to backstroke, total distance 400m...ugh that is lame, but I had to listen to my tired body.  I also want to focus on only swimming good form, and I was able to work in a few Mr. Smooth ideas today like body roll AND I am developing this little feather kick which is low energy but keeps my back end up, so that is pretty huge.

I was so tired, I forgot to practice the new trick we learned in Stroke Class--flip turns.  They are actually pretty intuitive once someone explains it to you.  So have to do that during my next workout.

Thanksgiving tummy + flip turns = hmmm, ok maybe over the weekend?

Well, while not everything is moving in a positive direction, we are only a few weeks away from the magical 6 weeks where muscle and other body changes should start to make this easier...right?