I had my suspicions that my last workout was harder because of what I’d eaten the night before.  Today I went swimming after having had my meat-free dinner.  hmmmm

It should also be noted that I started swimming an hour after I had started on Tuesday.  So, which is it?  Sleep or food?  I must do further research.

I really had a much easier time swimming this time around.  My IM times were faster:  2:47.06 the first time and 2:46.51 the second time!  I thought about swimming another IM; I used to swim four in a sesson, but I am really getting on a roll swimming more freestyle and back stroke, so I went with that.  By my last couple of sets I was debating whether I should swim an extra freestyle lap to round the yardage of that stroke off at 500.  In the end I decided against it and to just ease up to 500 week by week, like I do with everything else in swimming.

I swam a total of 1500 yards, 475 of it freestyle, 475 back, 300 breast, 50 fly, and 200 elementary back.  Next week’s goal:  1600 total, 500 free and back, and to decrease that elementary count!  Another good reason not to swim any more IM’s.  I ‘pad’ my IM’s in elementary back stroke–I swim a 50 elementary before and after each IM.  If I could add the IM without the elementary back stroke, that would be good.

I continued to practice flip turns today.  Now they’re getting routine from front to back, and I even did a few back to back.  I still need to work on front to front and back to front turns as well as shallow end turns.  It is mentally stimulating to have a problem to work out!  I look forward to my next swim.