Feeling Something Incredible…I’m Floored!

I’m not sure what has changed or if there is a new fire within me but my love for swimming seems to be back! The past couple weeks have been wonderful. After having a bit of a disappointing summer I wasn’t sure how I’d feel about getting back into hard training. I began to work out at home when I was back in Wisconsin and didn’t have a very easy time. Training by myself in Wisconsin was both difficult and boring…to say the least I was less than enthused. However, the minute I got back to Texas and dove into the pool at the Texas Swim Center that all changed in a big way.

Yesterday I had one of the best practices I can remember having in a long time. I brutally demolished my legs in the weight-room so by the time I got to the pool I was already a bit fatigued. As I expected…we did a hard kick set to start things of. Good thing my legs were warmed up:) What happened next I’m still smiling about. We did a set that was perfect for me and is a sprinter’s dream…Fast swimming with some rest and easy swimming in between.

The set. A 150 swim on 2:15. A 50 fast on 1:00. A 100 swim on 1:45. Two 50’s fast on 1:00. A 200 kick on 3:45. That is one round…you do four rounds to complete the set. As we went along I got faster and faster. Towards the end of the set I felt something in my freestyle I never have before. There was a link between my core and my arm strokes that either I’d never felt to this degree or my mind had never yet recognized… Sure I always engaged my core strength with my swimming and used it to my advantage…but this was different. This was serious power. If this link was a twig before, it has now grown into a full blown log. Hello Paul Bunyan. The first time I got to the wall after doing it I gasped in excitement. When I get excited like this look out…I will talk and talk and talk and smile and laugh and joke and be crazy until a long enough time has gone by for me to actually calm down and think about it. I couldn’t have been more floored!

Swimming is going great. My plan is to make this last as looooooong as possible!