Swimming Friday

Time constrained, so swam 1 km. 

Swimming Thursday

Swam 2 km again, but this time got some speed under me!  I finished in 43 minutes, which is 5-6 minutes of my previous times. 

If I can start swimming 2 km in 40 minutes,  I can then start thinking about swimming an hour a day - 3 km - without ruining too large a part of the day.  A good goal!

And the main point is, I still had to swim 1 out of every 5 laps one-handed (right hand still injured).  So with both hands, 40 minutes should be easily within reach.

Swimming Tuesday

Swam 2 km as usual.  Right hand still hurting, so parts swum one-handed. 

I took 29 minutes to swim the 2 km, with some breaks in between.  this distance doesn't tire me out at all any more, so I really need to step up the speed.

Swimming Tuesday

Swam 2 km again, and in roughly 48 minutes again. 

Swimming Monday

I went in and swam on my own late today.  2 km in total, with some laps swum one-handed (to give the right wrist a rest). 

I took a total of 48 minutes to complete the 2 km.  That means 4 minutes and 50 seconds per 200 meters.

In the Olympics, the medium - to - slow guys swam 200 meters in about 2 minutes.  That means I take more than twice their time!  (forget for a minute about the fact that I'm swimming twice as long, so can't give it my all for 200 meters).  This isn't a fun stat. 

I'm going to continue swimming 1.5 - 3 km at least thrice per week.  At the same time, given the above insight, I am now going to start working a bit more on the following two things:

1. less rest; I'm currently resting a little every 25 - 50 meters (i.e. whenever I need to turn around in the pool).  I need to swim more laps continuously, which means I need to learn how to do a quick turn
2. Speeding up.  This is easier when I'm swimming on my own, because then I don't need to worry about social interactions.  But I need to cut down my time!

Swimming Saturday

Swam 1.5 km, part of it one-handed.

Everyone else got out of the pool early, so I couldn't keep swimming for too long.

Swimming Thursday

Swam 1.25 km today. I was gunning for 2 km, but the injured wrist started hurting, forcing me to stop

Swimming Monday

Started very late, so just a quick 1 Km. Practiced the butterfly stroke, and freestyle with breathing on the left side (normally breathe on the right)

Swimming Friday

2.5 km today. Using both hands mostly, right hand seems to be much better

Swimming Tuesday

Swam 2.55 km. Pace was a bit faster, but swimming in a dark pool, so more effort expended in checking where the wall was! Good workout.

Swimming Sunday

Swam 1 km - short and sweet, as didn't have much time. Right hand getting better, so smaller percentage of laps were swum one-handed

Swimming Saturday

Swam 2 km. Right hand getting better, so smaller percentage of laps were swum one-handed

Swimming Tuesday

Swam 25 laps, or 1.25 km, mostly one-handed. Some laps had minimal use of the right hand, some were legs-only. I improved the stroke a bit,so swam faster too.

Swimming Sunday

Right hand still busted, so swam mostly one-handed. Completed 20 laps, or 1 km

After trying a number of styles, I found the best way (for me) to swim one-handed was a modified dog-crawl. The arm starts in the breast-stroke position at water level, but instead of pushing out, pushes straight down.

Swimming Thursday

Swam somewhere between 4 - 4.5 km. Confused lap count in the middle, so to be safe, will say distance was between 3.5 - 4.5 km. Thats 70 - 90 laps.

Sleep will be quite sweet today.