Swimming Milestone

I swam off and on last summer (kidding myself by calling it regular training), took some time off during the start of the school year, and then picked it back up (off and on) in December. I started to seriously train again (2-3 times a week) in early May.

It seemed like I was always gasping for air after 50m. I could 50m free, 50m back, and 50m free with no problem, but doing a straight 100m+ freestyle seemed to be unreachable. (Which is odd, since I did a tri last year that was 650m, and I swam the practice tri freestyle straight through.)  Maybe it's just something about being in the pool.

So today I was at the end of my workout doing my cooldown, and I thought I'd to 50m free, 50m back, 50m free and 50m back. I finished my flip turn after my first 50m and just kept doing freestyle. I was breathing every 2 strokes after flip turns and switching to every 3-4 strokes halfway through the 25m.

Before I knew it, I had done 200m! Straight!

And I didn't die!

It's a small thing to celebrate, but I'll celebrate it anyway. Just thought I'd share.

-Joel