That was BRUTAL

I think I might have taken today's set harder than others in my group.  We've had months of SCY practices.  Today was the first Long Course Meters (LCM) practice in memory.  The 25's we began with were solid, I was holding 12's and hit a 11.8 just once.  I recovered quickly and was ready for more.  The 35m round was tough but I held it together.  Afterward, we jumped up to 75m swims all-out.  All three swim were brutal.  I held it together for the most part with solid rates of 1.20-1.25 but it was everything I had.  The first 50 of the 75 was a 29.5, the second I cranked it up and flipped at a 28.5 but just crumbled on the 3rd with a 29.8... ouch.  The last 100m swim was shortened to 75 meters with fins, even then the best I could muster at the 50m mark was a 25.3... not that impressive with fins.

It took me nearly an hour to leave the pool.  Probably a new personal "best" in that sense.  I was moving so slow I think I saw a glacier pass me in the hallway to the locker room.  After putting away my equipment, I took a slow walk over to the hot tub and found it tough to spend less than 15 minutes in there.  With the nice warm water, I considered just putting some swimmies on my arms and falling asleep in there.  As tired as I was, the hot tub made it even worse.  After a leasurely shower, I found myself sitting in the locker room staring at my shoes, slowly gathering the will power to put my socks on.  There aren't many practices where I'm ruined to the point that I can barely put my shoes on.  Yes, it was one of those days.

It was a great workout but I'll sleep extra well tonight!