CRACK!

A nice summer morning practice at Fuller Pool turned painful when we were asked to practice our backstroke to breaststroke crossover turns.  I really should have just bowed out of this drill.  I have no intention of adding the Individual Medley to my list of events.  When I attempted this turn, I came too close to the wall, flipped and cracked both heels on the stainless steel gutter at nearly full speed.  I stopped immediately to see if I had broken anything down there.  I'm certain everything is intact but WOW do I have a bruised heel.  The thing is bright purple in fact.

This afternoon we did a (ironic) purple set. There are many colors we reference in regard to what pace we are swimming at.  Today it was:

4 x [75y (25 underwater with flip + 25 head up fly + 25 free no-breath) @ 1:20 then 50y fast @ :45 then 25 fast ]

followed by some easy swimming between rounds.  Surprisingly I really held my own in the 75 portion, I was 3rd within the sprinters with a 35.1, the fastest time was a 34.5 and then a 34.9.  After the 75 I consistently fell apart.  I just do not perform well without oxygen, some of these swimmers can still swim very fast on very little air... I'm just not there yet.  The set finished up well and I'm really appreciating the shorter practices as we move toward the end of the summer season.