Yesterday (1/19/15) I swam 72 lengths (36 laps) of the 25-yard outdoor lap pool at the Tucson Racquet and Fitness Club = 1800 yards or 5400 feet! My time was about 48 minutes. There are 2 lap pools at the Club; I swam in the colder pool because the other (in full sun) was full. Since this pool’s temperature is a bit cool, I swam with my neoprene vest on which I think helps my buoyancy. The title of this post should include the qualifier “sort of” because although I reached my distance goal and began today’s swim with 3 lengths of freestyle, I subsequently switched to alternating lengths of breast stroke and freestyle. Moreover, I think it would be harder to swim 1 mile doing flip turns compared to my touch and turn approach so I’m going to continue to push myself to swim more freestyle and a longer distance; maybe someday I’ll even learn the flip turn:)
Ultimately, I’d like to swim 1 mile freestyle but I’m pleased with today’s milestone event; looking back at my records, I began swimming only 4 months ago (September 25, 2014). This swim felt good and my freestyle breathing was generally ok but I continue to feel short of breadth when swimming the freestyle stroke. Its funny, while I feel short of breadth after swimming several lengths of freestyle, I wasn’t very tired after swimming today’s 72 lengths; this makes me think that my freestyle stroke is incorrect or inefficient or both.
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