Morning workout in Austin

Since it was cheaper to fly out of Texas on Monday, myself and 4 other team members were allowed to practice at the University of Texas this morning.  The group contained two Olympians, one likely Olympian and one of the fastest women swimmers I've had the privilage of training with.  Coach Josh White wrote a 4,000 meter workout for the MD group.  I chose to join in and get some needed aerobic training.  I'm confident this was among the easiest workouts the Middle Distance group has ever been given.  The very same workout was one of the most difficult I've done in the last 6 months.  I loved every second of it.  It was challenging and I felt like I really got a workout!

I've had time to reflect on my practices and meets over the past year.  When thinking of which meets I really performed well at in the last 12 months, I can think of only two:

2012 EMU Masters Coldest Meet SCY
2012 Longhorn Elite Invite LCM

Both meets yielded lifetime best times without rest, taper or shave.  The common training theme leading up to both meets:

Aerobic/Threshold training.