Sunday Swim

Did my second "Ironman" swim today. My time was a little faster than a month ago - I completed the 80 laps (4,000 yds) in 1:27:36 - shaving about 2 1/2 minutes off my time. Here are my 500 yd splits - the times in parentheses are from the Oct 12 swim:

• 1st 500 yds: 10:13 (10:47)
• 2nd 500 yds: 10:19 (10:42)
• 3rd 500 yds: 10:28.5 (10:37)
• 4th 500 yds: 10:48.5 (10:48)
• Water break: 0:54 (0:37)
• 5th 500 yds: 11:04 (11:23)
• 6th 500 yds: 11:18 (11:41)
• 7th 500 yds: 11:13 (11:43.5)
• 8th 500 yds: 11:19 (11:45)

So except for the set before the water break and the break itself, I was markedly faster than last month. I'm also pleased that my 2,000 yd split time dropped by over a minute (65 seconds to be exact). With any luck, I'll be able to do the swim part of the half-Iron (1.2 miles - 2,000 meters) in 40 minutes.

While I might not be "swimming like a fish" yet, at least I'm no longer a beached whale ...