New Milestones

This morning was Master Swim class and I had an awesome workout. For the past few times, I have been totalling 800 yards in my hour workout. Today, I got to 850! I had been doing my drills and stroke practices on the 25 yards, which is an out, not back. This means I would swim from one side of the pool to the other and then rest before starting out again. My best time for those so far was 27 seconds.

Today, I decided to try bumping it up to 50 yards, or out and back, before resting. It was a huge challenge for me. I could tell because on the third and on 50 yard set, I was sputtering, not getting enough air and forgetting my stroke count. But I was getting around 1:02 for the 50 yards which is pretty good for me. I was feeling a little beat up, especially after a few times of doing better and better. But the reality of it is, 25 yards had gotten too short for me. I was seeing that 50 yards is quite a challenge, but I needed the challenge. And I think with my coach there to encourage me and push me the right amount, I can do it.

So after sputtering and floundering a bit, on my last set of 50, I decided in my head that I was not going to wimp out on this last set. I dug deep, focused on being very controlled and as fast as possible. I pulled through and in 59 seconds! WOO HOO. I am proud of myself. I know from now on I'll be doing at least 50's and working up from there. I had a great time today really pushing myself even when it looked like I couldn't do it. In the end I have the huge reward of knowing if I really try, I can do it.