The pool opens at 7am on the weekends, and I was the 2nd car in the parking lot at 6:50am. I was hoping to swim all morning, but there was a sign on the locker room that said some pool lap lanes will be closed for lifeguard training today from 9 to something. Great, now instead of having all morning to swim, I only have 2 hours!
About a month ago, I was able to swim 100 laps with a pull buoy (peanut floaty) in 80 minutes. My swim a few days ago was 50 laps without the float in 30 minutes, which felt great. I got to work without the float, and brought a water bottle with Gatorade for the first time. I was there with an older woman, who was doing what looked like synchronized swimming moves or something.
I swam 50 laps in about 35 minutes, as I slowed my pace a hair to cover the extra laps. I took a drink of Gatorade and did another 50. Around 8am they started closing lanes, so I felt rushed and forgot about hitting 150 laps today (which was my goal before I got there). I was happy to cover 100 laps in 67 minutes, which is 13 minutes faster than last month. Even though the pull buoy helps keep a swimmer "up" in the water, it's slow. I now move my legs some, and am getting much better laps times.
I hopped in the hot tub for about 5 minutes. A luxury I normally don't have time for. It was great. My last two laps today were very fast, as they felt smooth. My next goal for swimming is to either get to the point where I can swim 60 laps in 30 minutes or swim 150 laps (or 2.1 miles). 100 laps in the 25 yd pool is 1.4 miles. This burns about 1000 calories, at my pace and weight. Swimming burns about 100 calories per 10 laps, or 10 calories per lap.
Next weekend the JCC has an indoor triathlon that my wife is going to do. It's a 200 yd swim (8 laps), then 10 mile bike, then 3 mile run. It is a wave start, so you won't know who is in the lead until the race is over. My foot is still bugging me, so I'll pass on this one. I'm still resting it for the Mini in two weeks. But it's cool that my wife is going to do a "real" triathlon. Neither of us have actually done one yet. I have two planned for 2013. Except for my foot, I'm feeling better than I did last year and should have a great season. I'm also going to try to lose another 18 pounds between now and June, which is pretty aggressive. That would put me at 210 pounds and I'm hoping the less weight will help with my swimming, biking, and running - especially my foot. Each step in a run has the impact on your body of several times your body weight . Getting down to 210, which I haven't weighted since I was 19 or 20, will hopefully help my legs on runs and maybe help me run a hair faster.
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