While I was driving out to the JCC for our group swim training, there was a sense of fatigue all over myself, and I kept on yawning pretty much all the way till the pool. I was almost tempted to skip the training to go home and sleep, but I guess this is the part of the training that pushes your body past its level of comfort to increase endurance, and with that spirit in mind, I found myself exchanging hellos with my fellow team mates at the side of the pool.
The coach informed us that today was our second time trial, so do your best! We started out with a 200 yd warmup, and then three 200 yd drills (a total of 800 yds), before we actually got to start our time trial. While I admit I was unable to do the kick drills with the board, because for some reason it causes my legs to cramp. In any case I still did atleast 700 yds, before I began my time trial.
Our lane was being shared between myself, Bora, Charon and Brad aka Flipper! The coach was very specific, that even though we like each, we are supposed to not care for anyone and pass them just as we would in a race. While the thought is tempting, the actual actions involved are much harder to do.
Everyone made a dash for it when we stared, and it was almost if they were doing a 50 yd race. I was in the state of mind of pacing myself for the long haul, and yet be able to have enough energy to make it through to bike afterwards. Well eventually after about 10 lengths, most of the crowd found their pace, although Flipper passed me several times during the course of our swim. I stayed about half a length behind Bora, but I think at some point he lapped me, or so I thought anyways, even though I did not take a break for a moment during the entire run. The coach pointed out to keep my head down some more, which did help, but it also broke the rhythm I was in, so I kinda went back to it. At the end of it I finished at 37:30 secs, a minute behind Bora, which I feel is quite an accomplishment in itself.
I have realized my dominant stroke and breathing is on the left side, which needs to be corrected soon, so I can improve me efficiency. I am hoping to have my colleague help me out on Thursday evening to make some suggestions and course of action to remedy it.
Our next group training is going to be a practice mini-tri, so it should be very interesting to see how it all comes together now. Stay tuned! ;)
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