Survival Mode

Thursday, Friday and Saturday were difficult.  I'm doing my best to push myself in practice but the workouts have been so rigorous that it's tough to keep yourself motivated for hours on end.  We have been doing quite a bit of aerobic work.  This morning we began with a 30 minutes of ab work and stretching followed by a 2000 meter warmup and:

5 x [2 x 50 fast then 200 easy].  The 50's we wore random equipment to work different muscle groups

Followed by:

2 x 50 Fast from a push for time

I was pretty exhausted after all the 50's and 200's.  My last two 50's fast from a push were a sad performance.  I was a :29 and then a :32.  Certainly not impressive but I was about on par with the other guys.  At one point late in the workout I realized there were only 4 sprinters in the pool, each swimming a different stroke.  I was swimming alongside two Olympians and Bronze medalist from World Championships... yea... I clearly fit right in :)

Afterward, all the spinters went out to breakfast. I've made new friends and I'm learning things about other countries.  This has been a great experience so far, I'm loving every second of it.