Forgive my frequent posts on swimming but it has been a big part of my winter in Tucson. Today was another milestone - for the first time, I felt like everything I've learned came together to allow me to swim an entire practice session (1 hour) without taking in water when I turn my head to breathe!
After Thursday's lesson, my instructor suggested I could reduce my internal by 10 seconds to 1:45. Yesterday (Friday), following 10x50s warmup, I swam 16x50s freestyle with this 1:45 interval with average times of :55 with fins and 1:20 without; a bit faster than previous sessions. Encouraged, I decided to try again today and averaged :53 with fins and 1:15 without! My arms were very tired towards the end but I did it without resting between practice sets and without struggling for breath!
Not sure I could swim a mile freestyle without stopping but more important than this initial goal, I feel like I've learned proper technique and gained sufficient knowledge this winter to continue improving. Now it is just a matter of further conditioning and practice:)
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