Monday, October 22, 2007

Monday Swim

The now "regularly-scheduled" 3,000 yard Monday lunch-time swim. The total time was 1:07:33 so I shaved 39 seconds off from last week's effort. Happiness. I also moved the break to after the 2,000 yd mark so I could get a total for the Half-Iron swim distance. Splits:

  • 1st 500 yds: 10:35.5
  • 2nd 500 yds: 10:52
  • 3rd 500 yds: 11:04
  • 4th 500 yds: 11:16.5
  • Accel Gel & water break: 0:41
  • 5th 500 yds: 11:31
  • 6th 500 yds: 11:33

So I did the 2,000 yd Half-Iron swim in 43:48.5. I also captured an additional split time after the first 300 yds - 6 min, 14.63 sec - this is to get an idea of how fast I will do the swim portion of next Sunday's Dallas Athletes Monster Sprint Triathlon, which will be held right down the street from my house. :-)

I put down 5:45 for my 300 meter swim time. I don't know if I can shave off another 30 seconds but wearing a swim cap and tri-shorts (instead of baggy swim trunks) + a little race-day adrenaline should help narrow the gap.

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