2000 metre swim
Wednesday and I started to feel like I could do something. Or, Wednesday and I cannot put it off any longer, the excuses have run out. I haven’t been swimming for 10 days, I was looking forward to jumping into the cold water. I can’t be doing with this stepping down the ladders business, just jump in, that’s my way. Then start swimming quick to warm up!. Felt good as well, did not feel tired (to start with), and could concentrate on my form …. Stream-line, roll, kick, stroke, breathe, well what else is there to think about at 9pm on a Wednesday? I still swim like a cod, but I am a happy cod. 2000m of drills and just plain swimming later and I climbed out, everyone else had drifted off earlier with cramps/done enough/cold. It was 10:15pm’ish so it had taken about 1:15 to do 2000m.
I have estimated I will do 1900m in 50mins in Sept, but really have no clue how long it will take. If I do 25m in 25s that’s 100sec/100m, so 1900sec for 1900m. 1900sec is ….. quick calculator ….. 31.6mins. Ohhhhh, alright so say I take 40sec/25m, that’s ……. 50.6mins. So, I think I take 25sec to do 25m. What allowance to make for the push off from the end of the walls? Well not a lot, as I don’t do that much of a push off and often surface before the flags. Ummmm 50mins has definitely got to be do-able, and I should be able to do better. Ummm what allowance to make for a wetsuit? Ummmmm surely some Tri-geek has a Tri-calculator to estimate swim times? Where are last years NF Middle Distance results?
Ummmmm well that’s enough of looking at the results and sorting/filtering in Excel. OK so the plan is, to finish! I don’t think I will be setting any records, they all look like dolphins named Lance Armstrong.
Turbo trainer tonight.
