05/03/06 Swim: Just a little to get back into the swim of things. May 4, 2006
Posted by Amber D. Evans in : Swimming, Chico CA, Training Stats , 2 commentsContext
City, State: Chico, CA.
Location: Chico Sports Club.
Course: Pool.
Terrain: 25 yards length; 70 degrees.
Distance, Time (Overall) & Time (Swimming): 1000 yards, 00:27:31, 00:18:21.72.
Pace: Avg 00:55.08/50y. Fast 00:51.82. Slow 01:05.23.
RPE: 6 (somewhat harder).
HRR: 143-173 (Aerobic).
HR(avg.): 160 bpm.
Wednesday, May 3, 2005
The Swim
- 10 x 100 yards - freestyle.
Synopsis
- Upshot: Much better than last time.
- Downside: I’m still struggling some. I feel heavy (like a snowplow) for some weird reason.
- What I’m most proud of: Josh happily came with me and stayed the whole while; he’s improved greatly since we last swam together!
- What I would do differently: FOCUS! I really need to focus on the swimming at hand …
Overall
Just a little to get back into the swim of things. I haven’t been swimming regularly with all my spare time going to cycling as of late. I just added swimming back in this week with some very mixed results. I’m not expecting to be doing 3000+ yards right off the bat, but I am perplexed by how heavy I seem to be this time in the water.
See, I’m sinking. I’ve never had a problem with sinking before. I’ve always been quite the natural floater. It’s my legs though. That’s what’s sinking. I feel a bit like a snowplow, to be honest. I tried to focus on streamlining to combat it. That helped, but didn’t solve the problem. I tried various head positions, too. My legs still feel like they’re dragging. I’m kicking my little fast kicks to stay within my streamlined “tube.”
So, what happened? They didn’t sink back in February when looking over my logs. Is it the cycling? Are my ridiculously-heavy muscled she-man legs of cycling weighing me down? Did I lose my natural pull-bouy (otherwise known as my butt)? Would cycling affect swimming? Is that even possible? Or am I just out of swimming practice? 
Hmmmmm … a few more weeks of swimming and I guess I’ll know! Anyone else have ideas what the culprit could be?