07/31/08

SCY
1000 swim
3 x 100 breast kick on my back w/pull buoy,
1 x 100 fly no board
1 x 100 free no board
all on 1:55
5 x 600 descend @ 9:00
I went 7:51, 7:37, 7:33, 7:31, 7:28
200 wd

4700 yds

I think I've reached a point of distance stress. I was pleasantly surprised last Friday and Monday with the time drops I'd had in my LCM swims, but then after Tuesday's 4000m open water swim, Wednesday was back to my normal times. Today also did not show those nice time drops.

My stroke felt pretty good for the most part. There are a few factors that may go into the slow down:
1.) I've been out of coffee since Monday, so no morning coffee
2.) I started running again; my kicking has probably fallen off
3.) My distance went up quite a bit these last two weeks.
4.) I haven't really taken a recovery day

I picked up some coffee again, so by tomorrow we'll see if 1 is a factor. I'm doing the stroke and stride tonight, though, so 2, 3, and 4 definitely won't be mitigated.