i'm basically like michael phelps.......not really

It's been a while since my last post... I know ALL you fans out there were wondering what was going on. No reason, I just had nothing to talk about...BUT race day (June 18th try-a-tri & July 10th sprint tri are registered for) is nearing so I'll probably have more and more to talk about in the coming few weeks.

Recently I've altered my swim workouts so that I am swimming a greater distance without stopping. So basically, I get less rest now...fun fun fun! Reason being, I felt I wasn't getting anywhere anymore with the breaks I would take, (even 5-10 seconds) and it was taking too long to build up the cardio for a long swim. Just like running, you have to swim as long as you can in order to build up your endurance...i'm a genious i know.

So, a few weeks ago I started at 400 non-stop, next workout 500 non-stop, workout after that 600 non-stop, etc....Yesterday I finally got up to the race distance of 750 metres and I was able to complete that! I'm probably going to start doing increments of 50 metres now..we'll see. BEFORE the "long distance" swim I still do my warm up, and AFTER I will usually do some shorter sprints (or what I consider sprinting - its not very impressive) of 100-200m or so.

An open water swim from what I hear is a completely different animal however. In order to give myself a little of a buffer, I'm hoping that come race day I'll be able to swim about 1 to 1.5km in a pool without stopping.

I'm looking to buy my triathlon wetsuit sometime next week. I'll have a post about that for sure.