...it's getting better every day!
I know, they probably were NOT talking about my abilities in the pool...but I am.
The latest session of the Masters swim class at Harbor Athletic ended today. The main part of today's workout was three 500 yard sets. Decreasing time on each of the sets. Didn't go to good for me. Or so I thought. I actually got worse with each set. I did the first set in 10:07, the second set in 10:35 and the third set in 11 minutes even.
That's not the way the workout was supposed to work. I was supposed to get faster with each set.
Here's the thing though. I opened my e-mail this afternoon and found a message from Derek- our instructor. In his e-mail he gave us all of our times for every set since last Fall. When we started in the Fall I was doing a 100 yard pace of 2:30. The fastest person in the class was at 1:58 per 100.
BTW- that was tested on a 200 yard set- not a 500 yard set, as we did this morning.
So- This morning my fastest set was just a couple of seconds off the pace of the fastest person last Fall. My slowest set this morning would have been right in line with the rest of the class last Fall. My slowest set today would have actually beat my training partner last Fall (just checking to see if you're reading Susan).
Now all I need is a time-machine to take me back to last Fall.
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