The wall I hit on Saturday morning
200 free warm-up
4x50 free on 1:00
10x:
{
2x100 free on 1:30
1x100 IM on 1:30
}
8x50 kick on 1:05
8x50, 25 stroke 25 free on 1:00
4x50 free on 1:00
Total yardage: 4000
Around the 19th 100 I hit a wall like I have never hit before. It felt like I was going to have total muscle failure in the middle of an aerobic workout, and I don't know about you, but my personal philosophy is that if you are going to have muscle failure, you should not be in a large body of water when it happens. I've been a lifeguard, and what's more is that I have managed teenage lifeguards... I know how much more mind-numbing it can be to watch people swim laps than play in the pool and I know how teenage guards can be particularly inattentive.
So I got out of the pool. I came back at the 23rd 100 and finished it out, swimming very slowly. Not fun.
Perhaps I'm getting sick. Perhaps my body is angry with me because I stayed up for 28 hours and then slept for 12 so that I can work days for the next couple of weeks. Who knows? I just wish I could have claimed a good workout today.