a steady diet of faith & fancy with some mischief thrown in here and there

Today at swim class I did 1800 meters. 1600 meters is a mile - so it's a little over that. This is only my 2nd class back. More than a couple of times I had to roll to my back in the recovery position to breathe since my cardio still needs a lot of work - but then I went right back to it. For my own edification, here's today's workout

Warm up (freestyle)
200 swim
200 kick
200 pull

Workout

6 - 100's

25 free, 50 back stroke, 25 free
25 free, 50 breast stroke, 25 free
100 free
(repeat)

4 100m - timed freestyle, 2.5 minutes for each set, 10 sec rest (this was an ass-kicker)

50 freestyle, swim hard
50 freestyle, swim hard

50 breast stroke, cool down
50 breast stroke, cool down

Total - 1800 meters in 60 minutes
Calories burned: 855

I haven't been in the pool in about 2 weeks since swim clinic officially ended for the summer .... and I've missed it. I reasoned with myself that I could get my lap time in at the regular pool with the kids, but that hasn't happened either. And I've been feeling things start to slip ...

So, I decided today, that wasn't going to happen. I found an old swim practice sheet from March and decided to grab the kids and head over to the aquatic center where I was assured of getting a lane to swim in. The kids kept themselves occupied in the other pool and I logged 1600 meters today! Took me an hour (which is about 15 min longer than it used to about a month ago) - but I did it anyway.

I'm not going to let all the work I put in, just slide away into the summer haze. Not going to let it happen. Sometimes you just have to make the opportunity happen.

I swam 1750 meters today. I swam more than a mile!!! I'm floored, happy, speechless and thrilled.