Started swimming intervels

So I posted last week about getting my mile behind me what to do now.  The general reply was intervals.  I swam my first ones on Tuesday.  I swam in a new pool and they had no clock so I used my watch.  Well that did not go to well, but I managed though 11x100.

Yesterday morning I went to my pool (the one I use) and I had my timer figured out on my watch.  I am slow and usally come in around 2:40/100 over 1000yds or more.  So I picked 2:29 on the timer and started.

Man I knocked out that first 100 and had 27s to rest.  I hit that 500 mark and was still resting high teens.  By the time I made my last 100m  I only had a 4s rest.  

Overall I swam the 1000, faster then any time before and I still took rest periods.  Tonight at work I am feeling things in lower lats and on my side that says, I was getting a full stretch.  

I noticed that as I was trying harder I was not tiltiing or rotating my head as much as I breathed.  I could feel more water in my mouth and a couple times chocked some back out.  I also seemed to be gliding and moving smoother though the water.

I wanted to have someone watch me, but all the normal people that are swimmers were not there.  

This week was about getting the feel for it and now I can add more to the work out.  Thanks to those that suggested Intevals.

Joe