Alex's swim journal

After the nearly week-long food binge I stepped on the scale at the Kenosha Y this afternoon (we flew into O'Hare this morning and pulled into town just after noon)... And I somehow lost two pounds this week!

I did one last swim, 3K continuous, at Deep Eddy yesterday morning. Air temps in the 50s, water 70, sunny and bright... felt wonderful. The last outdoor swim for a while for me. I decided to go to the Y this afternoon (after the Bears game) to decompress. The long flight left me feeling tight; I thought about skipping today, but thought better of it. By the time I got in the water I had exactly 44 minutes before they closed the pool. So I just did a lot of drill work: 2400 yards total.

Warm-up:
100 free
100 breast
100 back
100 free w/ fins
100 kick w/ fins/board

Drills (w/ fins):
100 spear
100 shark tail
100 sail
100 corkscrew
100 back kick
200 side kick series
100 kick w/ board

5 x through:
100 pull
100 free (hard)

Cool-down:
100 br

The scale, post-swim, was very generous to me. I think I did a lot more walking in Austin on top of my swimming regimen... maybe that helped reduce the "bottom" line. But I'm encouraged.