12/30/02

Back from a LONG drive to New York, then to Ohio, finally able to get back in the pool.1,000 warm up200 free, 300 pull - alternating freestyle and breaststroke, 200 kick, 100 swim10 x 50 IM Order down, free backNice and easy, worked the body on the fly. For some reason at this point, I love swimming 25's fly, but can't stand 50's... I wonder if the Christmas goose has anything to do with that?Next was a ladder, which, through much discussion is actually a "mesa"... you'll see why:50 swim100 IM150 swim200 pull200 pull150 swim100 IM50 swimSee.... there is no POINT at the top. I liked this simply because I got to use my paddles and pull buoy for a while. It makes me feel like I actually know how to swim again.2 x 250 - 1 free, 2 pull, 3 kick, 4 choiceSwam through the first two 250's and focused on a good, hard kick. I was just unable to hold the 1:25 pace, and fell about 3 seconds off by the last 50. Give's me something to shoot for.10 x 50 on 1:001st 5 are easy down, fast back2nd 5 are fast down, easy backI went free on the easy, and build breaststroke on the fast. Really had to focus on keeping my kick narrow and using the body when trying to sprint. The instinct says to pull and kick BIGGER and HARDER, while the brain is trying to overcome that and just continue to stay as high as possible.