Back in the pool
After a week long hiatus from swimming I got back to it today. I only swam 1550 yards but it was a good swim. I kind of felt the need to take it a bit easy today given the week long break, and I needed to be at the office a bit early to get ready to help onboard a new employee. While it wasn't a great distance, or a great time (2'45" 100 yd pace) it still felt really good to be back in the pool.
I am again back to feeling 'pretty sleepy' early in the evening which I'm hoping will rid me of the insomnia from last week.
One of the best / weirdest parts of the swim is the honking from the geese. About 25 minutes into my swim they seem to wake up and just start honking at each other ... or maybe at me ... or maybe at the people walking around. Not really sure.
It is slightly off putting. They are very loud, but it also makes me giggle ... so that's something.
Great Swimming
Today was one of my better swim times for the 2000 yards that I typically swim during the week. This was a bit surprising as it was the end of the week and I had, what I would consider, a pretty intense gym day yesterday. That being said, there was something about how I was able to seemingly, effortless, glide through the water.
I also didn't track my laps for which stroke I needed to do, which is a pretty good sing that I'm just listening to my body and switching up when I want to and not when I need to because it's time for a new stroke.
It was also a perfect morning for a swim. Slightly cool with no breeze and a beautiful sunrise hitting the left over storm clouds with a vibrant pink hue.
When it was all said and done I had a 2'37" 100yd lap time on average and more freestyle distance that breaststroke distance, which I hadn't done before.
Here's hoping to more improvement over the next few weeks in my swim time!