Taxi pickup at 7am and off for a 1km swim in Sunderland Aquatic centre, I didn't get into the 50m pool as it was closed so I had to swim in the 33m diving pool. Not too busy but I wasn't really motivated to put in a big distance as it wasn't the big pool. I'm trying to switch to bi-lateral breathing now as its faster and I think with some more practice I can do it for the full distance. Its more tiring as I'm breathing on every 3rd stroke rather than on every 2nd or 4th. This forces you to breathe on both sides when normally I breathe on the right. I spent half the session breathing only on the left to get used to the sensation. That was fine except it damaged my ability to breathe on the right...I just need to blend them in together.
I also changed the way I breathe out and am doing it more controlled and it feels less uncomfortable on the 3rd stroke when I slow down the exhale in that fashion. To get a feel for this blow out all the air in your lungs and then see how long you can stay like that, its not long. Even if you keep them 30% full they feel less stressed.
I want to be able to swim 4KM and maybe 5km in the pool, non stop before Switzerland. That will give me enough confidence in my swim leg. I might try and get another swim in tonight depending on what time we get finished here.
I walked it from the pool to the office :o)
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with the recent weather here you could swim from the pool to the office :-)
ReplyDeleteEvery 3rd stroke is great if you can hold your breath that long. Many triathletes go for every 2 at least for the first 400-500 m where they need to keep speed up then ease off to every 3... I read somewhere that doing hypoxic training definitely will help you through the final part of the swim... (4x100 m every 3-5-7-9 breaths is a good drill)
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