Did 400 yards at the pool tonight without having to stop to catch my breath at the ends along the way. Didn't think I'd leap straight to full distance from only being able to manage 50 yards a couple of days ago. Got into a good rhythm fairly quickly and got it under control the few times I started to speed up and run short of air.
It was even possible to spare a little focus for thinking about whether I could improve my form a bit here or there. It was nice to get in some success in the pool as tomorrow I'm heading to the lake where they hold the sprint tri to get some exposure to the open water conditions.
It took 10 minutes which is not fast at all, but should be just enough to avoid getting overrun by the next wave. They start the waves 5 minutes apart so it would take a nearly world record effort (~4 minutes) for someone in the next wave to catch a 10 minute slowpoke in the preceding wave.
I still have 4 weeks to improve and maybe if there's a draft effect in the mass start I may even do a respectable time.
Goals remaining:
Do 400 straight sans speeders (fins).
Be able to breathe on the right.
Nice to do but not required:
Be able to switch off sides on 3rd stroke instead of sticking to a side and breathing every 2nd stroke.
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