The Masters

The one good thing about the province wide strike of College staff, is that my wife's Thursday night class is cancelled. Sucks for her, but great for me: I was able to get in a Masters Swim.

You're never too old to learn how to swim properly

I'm a pretty competent swimmer. Of all the three triathlon disciplines, I'm generally above average on the swim. When I was a kid, I was on the swim team. Backstroke was my specialty. In fact, when I was a junior, I lead-off the senior boys Medley Relay.

It seems all my life, I've been backstroking incorrectly. Go figure. I must have been taught to "windmill" beacause that's how I swim swam the backstroke. Hélène, stopped me after a set last night - basically, she taught me to break at the elbow and push the water down to my feet. Son-of-a-gun... backstroke is all that much more faster now! Of course I'll never backstroke in a triathlon, but it just goes to show.

Last night's workout

Warm Up:
400 Easy
8 x 100 - Mix up: pull, drill, kick, mix up the strokes
4 x 100 - 1,3 = Free, 2,4 = choice
Main Set:
3 x 200 - 1,3 = Free, 2 = IM (gotta love 200 IM)
100 Kick
2 x 100 - Free, medium pace
400 - Free, build up
100 - Easy
4 x 100 - Free: 25 Easy, 50 Med, 25 Hard
200 - Easy
4 x 50 - Hard
Cool Down:
400
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Total Distance: 4,200 Yards (3,840 meters)
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