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Leak in the pool

Tuesday, July 26th, 2005

There’s a leak in the upper rim of the pool at my gym so there’s no swimming this week. As luck would have it, we have a crazy heat wave this week in the city with temperatures at 4:45 AM at 80 and feel-like temperatures of 98 degrees. Oh, how I actually wish [...]

4300 yards

Wednesday, July 20th, 2005

Tuesday, July 18, 2005 1.5 hours
Warmup
500 SKPS(125 each of swim,kick, pull, swim)
Set 1
8×100 [15s rest]
1. 25K, 75S
2. 25S, 25K, 50S
3. 50S, 25K, 25S
4. 75S, 25K

2700 yards

Thursday, July 14th, 2005

Growing up, I swam ever since I can remember and competitvely since 6th grade. Once I got to college, I took a break which ended up lasting a decade or so. In May, I started working out again and I couldn’t even swim a straight 200. It’s taken 2 months and now [...]