Beaten By the Wall

Yesterday during my workout, I was literally beaten by the wall. I was doing some sets with my short fins. As I came into the wall and my feet went over for the flip, and my left fin slipped. That made me slam the top of my right foot straight into the wall! It's not too bad. It was the kind of smack that I actually had to think about what happened, when I touched the top of my foot and noticed it was sore. The real bummer came during my workout today. I couldn't stand to have my fins on that foot. Shortened my workout a bit, but it's all good. I guess this will just be the first of many.

Long Holiday Weekend

I hope that everyone had a great 4th of July weekend! I was really lucky that the local Rec Center in my hometown was open ALL weekend, including July 4th. I bascially spent nearly all of my free time at the pool during my 3 days off. I've felt REALLY good in the water the past 4 days too! I can tell that I'm definitely swimming stronger! My lung power feels like it's increasing too. Over the last 4 days, I'm starting to finally see improvement. I've finally decided to start flipturning again. I desparately need to up my lung power, and that's the only way I know how to do it effectively. Besides, Coach Chris will be yelling at me come fall, if I don't.

I worked today on speed drills, along with my flipturns too. I've noticed that I'm coming into the walls with a lot more speed, and I'm coming out harder and faster too! Why oh why couldn't I do this early this spring? I'm not sure what's happened in the last 2 months, but I'm awfully glad it finally clicked. I may actually be up to a meet this fall!