My legs don't feel too bad from yesterday's Fort Worth Runners Club 15K, but I wanted to let them recover some more so I did a swim workout today.
I did 2,200 yards (44 25-yd pool laps; approx 2,000 meters) at LA Fitness. Note: this is 1.2 miles, the swim distance for the half-Ironman triathlon distance!
Here are the splits:
- First 500 m: 13:08
- Second 500 m: 13:25
- Third 500 m: 13:29
- Final 500 m: 13:20
The total time (including water breaks) for the 2,200 yds was 54:49. At this pace, I should be able to do the 1,500 meters of the Texas Man Olympic in about 37 1/2 minutes. Of course this is just an estimate - there are many factors that will make the time faster (will be wearing tri shorts instead of "parachute" baggy swim trunks, drafting off other swimmers, adrenaline for the race) and/or slower (open water current/turbulence, other swimmers getting in the way, have to save energy for the bike and run) - will just have to play it by ear.
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