On the back of my successful short run last night I decided a swim would probably be a good idea to counteract any tightened muscles and let me have a good safe stretch out this morning.
I also decided it would be a good thing to change the type of swim session I did. I normally just go straight into the full length pounding, my theory being that's what you do in a triathlon so it's good to repeat it to get my body familiar with the order of events.
Of course, that's fine when you're starting off and need confidence. Now that I've done a few of these events and "should" have no fear of the distance it's probably time to start switching my attention to getting faster and varying the sessions to help with that. Don't you love theory.
Anyway, I did 2 x 20 lengths (400m) followed by the fastest 10 lengths I could muster. I took about 30 seconds break in between each set and on the fast one really pumped my legs. The good news was I did a faster 200m than I would normally do. The test of course will now be to extend the sets and see if I can keep that pace up without drowning or having my legs fall off once I get out of the pool.
It feels so good to be able to think about it all though. After months of not being able to do anything through injury I was beginning to fear for my sanity and wardrobe. It's good to be back - making mental note, I need to take things very very slowly and listen to my body or it'll be for nothing and I'll be back to square one, injured.
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