Group Swim Training & Swim Videos - May 13

I took a couple of days of rest to get over the fatigue, but apparently I got zapped by the changing weather and ended up with a cold. My throat had been keeping me up last night, so I figured if I tired myself out in the water, I would be too exhausted to feel my throat and stay asleep.

We all met up at Center Line High School, my least favorite place to swim, because their locker rooms are in terrible shape and we always have to set up the lines in the pool. Anyways, we also had the addition of another member to our team Kevin. He's a nice chap, and got along well with the rest of the group. Today's session consisted of a 300 yd warmup, followed up by 4 x 1/2 mile timed runs.

I was sharing the lane with my regular swim partner Bora, who is good because he is fast and also because he can keep track of the number of laps, while I can try to focus on my stroke and form. The first 12 lengths I went easy and felt good when I got done. We immediately started on our first 1/2 mile run and about halfway through it my stomach started contracting. Apparently the anti-allergy medicine I took was not in the mood to part of this activity. I was having trouble keeping my breathing consistent and keeping a steady pace with Bora. He had a length lead and I kept it steady at that. I had to take a break for the rest room and just walk around because my stomach was cramping up bad. Suffice to say the coach was not too happy about it, but oh well.

The second set of 1/2 mile, I was lapped by Bora once and I picked up the pace after that. We did not take too much of a break on the third set, and set off. I had lost some speed, while Bora had picked it up, so he ended lapping me twice this time around, which brought my overall time down.

We had about 10 mins left for our last 1/2 mile run, so we got at it, and was only able to complete 9 lengths before we were ordered out of the pool. This concluded our swim training for the week, but the coach took videos of how we were doing, so we could gauge it against our videos from earlier during our trainings, as well as the professionals doing in.

My average time for half miles was around 17 mins, which adds up just about right to where I should be.

Here are the links to the videos from our swim training:

Aamir's Swim Link 1

Aamir's Swim Link 2