First Swim Back!

This morning I had planned on going to spin class again, but after Tuesday's class, I changed my mind. Plus I was still feeling really sore, now more so in my arms from finishing up the Conditioning Corps workout yesterday that I started on Monday. They have you do some hard stuff! And that was even on the beginner level!

So I decided to go swimming today! I was really excited about that, but I didn't really know what to do so I asked my twitter friends (love those guys!) if anyone had a workout for me, and @JamesonBull suggested 3x(100 kick, 100 pull, 100 free).

I hate to say it, but that didn't sound like enough at first, but then I had to remind myself that I haven't been swimming at all for 7 weeks and before that it was pretty relaxed for 9 months so I decided it would be perfect.

I did my normal 800 warm-up (200 kick, 200 swim, 200 pull, 200 swim) then I did the workout Jameson gave me.

It really was perfect. I went as hard as I could on the sets of 100 free so I could time myself and see where I'm at, and the kick and pull were kind of like recovery sets. My times were 1:58, 1:55, and 2:02. Ug, that's kind of depressing, but I just could not get my tired arms to go any faster.

Let's see, the last time I did timed 100 yard intervals before I found out I was pregnant was May 4th. My times were:

10 x 100s
1:35
1:42
1:42
1:42
1:47
Rest
1:45
1:50
1:53
Rest
1:47
1:53

And that was after working my butt off for several months. Man, I really have a lot of work to do. But it's ok, I need to go read that second paragraph again about how I haven't really been swimming for a long time. Also, I need to not compare myself to anyone else. I know I'm not fast, and I don't do triathlons to win (though it would be nice...). Basically I'm racing against myself, so there are my benchmark numbers, now let's get started!

:) Have a great day everyone. I'm going to go read The Hunger Games for probably the rest of the day.