Swimming Time Trial

Late afternoon

WU: 350y focusing on Touch and Go Drill (Catch-Up Stroke)

Main: 10 min time trial
~540y total

CD: 5 laps easy

Workout comments: The technique work beforehand definitely added some speed to the workout, really helping me stretch out and stress more quality strokes rather than quantity. I'm still waiting for the day when I can squeeze in an extra lap into a designated time period, shedding the 1 min/lap pace I've been hovering around so far.

Swim Time Trial

Late afternoon

WU: 250y focusing on staying long, lowering stroke count, and thumb-to-thigh.

Workout: 600y time trial
11:57

CD: 100y

Workout comments: Made some good progress today on maintaining flip turns throughout a tough workout. However, I did feel as though I lowered my intensity a bit in order to save form, and it seemed to work. I swam the last two laps in 1:50, which is defintely better than I have been doing towards the end of the longer workouts. Still, I must look like an idiot splashing around in my lane, trying to attempt an organized workout. That's why I love swimming next to the "aquatics/rehab" lane. All the old people get frustrated as I swim by them and splash water on their perms.