Ever tried swimming in a class with almost 50 swimmers? It was like a zoo in the pool tonight. Coach scrapped the Tues class, so Mon bore the bulk of the avalanche of migrant swimmers. It was like a giant reunion for us. Each lane had about 10+ swimmers and it was so difficult to swim properly without hitting the person ahead, or be hit from behind. Maybe I should consider moving to Thurs instead.
We did so many drills tonight, I could not recall the last time we spent almost an hour on routines. 6x 100m of Kicks, pullbuoys, 4-stroke-1-breath, and some combo of easy swims. The awkward timings are evidence of the bottlenecks in the lane.
Easy 200m - 4:46min, 4:54
Easy 100m - 2:22, 2:25, 2:21, 2:22, 2:24, 2:26
'Faster' 100m - 2:21, 2:16, 2:17, 2:19
Sprint 50m - 1:04, 1:08, 1:05, 1:10, 1:05, 1:02
I figured out something though tonight. Johnny told me last week that I should thrust and rotate using power from the hips. I had a vague sense of that while doing the easy laps. Hmmm... I should experiment more on my own.
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