Sore!

Been a few weeks since my last update.

Davis meet was great - I finished pretty much dead last in my age group in all 3 events, but I put a good showing all things considered. My 50Y Free was 0:33, 50Y Back was 0:42, and my 100Y Free came in around 1:24 (I swallowed a gallon of water at 75 yards and had to sidestroke.) The only heat I finished last in was the 100Y Free. Considering that 3 months ago I could barely pull out a 50Y in ~60 seconds, I'd say I'm improving well.

This morning my shoulders have been mega-sore, either from lack of stretching or over-reaching on my free crawl. We did 9 X 100 sets, I finished about 850Y on 2:10 per.

More good news is that I continue to lose weight. I'm wobbling between 198 and 202 now, but my diet isn't letting me lose weight in big chunks. Slow and steady so it stays off. Friends have commented that I look slimmer, and my size 36 pants (that were big before) are downright drowning me now. I could easily get in a 34 or 33 now without too much trouble.

Starting to look at my options for next spring's Tri meets as the registration / calendars are opening up. Can't wait to get it going!

2100!

Swam a full 2100 this morning, including a so-so 400 in 8:45. It's an improvement on my time by about a minute from 2 weeks ago. Water stamina is great. Spent part of the morning working on my backstroke entry and turns. I haven't been running in almost a week but plan on hitting it tomorrow morning, we'll see how that turns out.

Noticeable improvement.

When I started back in the pool a few months ago, I could hardly break the 50M mark in under a minute. This morning I crushed my original speed by almost half, putting in a good showing at 0:33. For a chubby guy like me, that's pretty damn good, and that was swimming a 25M pool with a really crappy kick-turn. I bet I could close in on 0:30 if I had a straight 50M to drop the head and just sprint.

My goggles keep flipping off on my platform entry dives. How frustrating. I'll probably need new goggles for competition and I can still use my good ones for workouts, they are pretty comfy. We did 200 IM 4-team relays this morning, which was fun. I swam my best free time in one leg, and did a so-so back (0:40 maybe?) in another heat.

I'm exhausted today after doing a night-morning swim workout.

On a related note, I'm closing in on the under-200 mark at about 203. :D