9/19 - 9/25

Another yo-yo week. What else is new. At least I started running again, again. But I did get in some good swimming.

Monday I swam

1,600
10 X 50 @ 1:12
2 X 250 small paddles
150
300
250
total: 3,300 meters.

Maybe you can tell from those numbers and how they are arranged that I was not feeling it. Some days are like that, and some days I start like that and it gets better. But not on this one.

Tuesday I did a straight swim of 5,800 meters in 2:03:04 @ 2:06 per 100. I was feeling it a little bit. We got out of the pool when the kids started getting in.

Wednesday I swam

1,000
8 X 50 @ 1:12
100 easy
8 X 50 @ 1:12
100 easy
8 X 50 @ 1:12
100 easy
8 X 50 @ 1:12
100 easy
1,200
total: 4,200 meters.

Also, I shuffled 2.11 miles from Mom's house that night. I started back. It's deja vu all over again. 

Thursday I swam

1,500 and then did the following on a @2:00 base
400
350
300
250
200
200
150
150
100
100
50
50, then
500 small paddles
total: 4,300 meters.

After dark, I shuffled 2.03 miles.

Friday is distance day at Twin Rivers pool. John and I arrived at 9:00 am and stayed until around 2:30. I swam

3,100 !:04:51
3,300 1:11:20
3,600 1:16:49
2,200 46:30
1,100 22:41
total: 13,300 meters.

If I am not mistaken, that is my all-time pool record for distance. For some reason, swimming that long in a pool becomes a little bit of a chore, but it is great for endurance. Too bad I don't have anything on the calendar because I am getting pretty fit in the water. I could probably swim a 15-miler right now.

I had big plans for Saturday, but CC and college football put an end to my well-laid plans. One plan that fell through was a short trip back to the pool. My right shoulder had a little niggle in it. Better sorry than safe, as they say. I did mow the lawn and go our for a long run (always a relative term) of 3.21 miles.

For the week, I

ran 7.35 and walked 5.59 miles, and
swam 30,900 meters.

For the year, I am now at 689,382 meters. A quick check of my old training logs show that this is not my most prolific year of swimming nor my second most mileage in the water either. Currently I am in 4th place in my own all-time list. I may be able to move up another spot or two before the year ends.