Do you recall the title of my blog? No? Well I will remind you. It is called Mom, Swim, Bike, Run. That is to indicate that I mom (as in mother, like a verb), swim, bike and run. Well as you well know there's a lot of running up in here, but not a whole lot of biking and swimming. It's not because I don't love biking and swimming. It's just I have more friends interested in running with me so I tend to run a lot more. In addition, I'm training for a marathon... you know running. Today, however, it was time to get my swim on.
Today I couldn't do an early morning workout because George left at the crack of dawn for work. I also couldn't make any classes at the gym since I had to be home at 8:45 for Ella to be picked up for an art camp/class she is doing and then pick her up at 10:30.
The point is, there was no way to get my normal morning workout in. Usually when this happens the workout just gets thrown to the wayside for the day. I was determined today, however, to not let that happen. I decided to ask George if he'd come to our community pool with the kids after dinner and play for a bit while I swam. He agreed and I was happy.
I haven't swam since the Gerogetown Supersprint Triathlon and then it was just 200m. I set out today to do 1000 yards (our pool is 25 yards). I probably should have done more, but I was happy that I was out there just doing anything at all.
Here's what my workout looked like:
Warmup Set (200y)
150 easy @ 4:00, 2 x 25 kick @ 0:50
Main Set (500y)
5 x 100 [75 moderate/25 fast] @ 2:30
Warmdown Set (300y)
2 x [50 swim, 50 kick, 50 pull @ 0:15 rest]
This workout was a bit challenging for me. I'm just not used to swimming at all and my arms and legs were both tired. They were especially tired when I had to do the fast 25 yards. I use the term fast VERY loosely.
To put it in perspective, I swim 50 yards quickly in just under 50 seconds. The US Olympians are swimming twice that distance in the same time (or a tad less). That is so insane to me. I can't even wrap my head around swimming that quickly.
Oh well, I'll keep plugging away. Pull, pull, kick. Pull, pull, kick.
1000 yards in 26 minutes. Mom. SWIM. Bike. Run!
Monday 30 July 2012
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