i swam 500m straight today! i forewent the bobs and dove right in (pun intended, i didn't literally dive in, though i could have, i would have gotten in trouble with the lifeguard because the water is "too shallow", even though i've dove into water that was shallower), with a 50m warmup (breast, of course), 500m workout (mostly freestyle, some breaststroke and 2 stroke breathing thrown in... i usually breathe every third stroke), and a 50m cd. i finished the 500m in 15 minutes and 4 seconds with a pace of 48:14. i didn't have any problems at all until i was pushing off the wall for the last time, halfway through my cooldown, when my back spasmed. i got out and plopped down in a chair for a minute... i was pretty well spent and needed to recover for a minute! So this proves that i can swim 500m in fifteen minutes: we'll have to see how i do on race day with no wall and a gel shot fueling the engines.
Lap times were as follows:
Lap 1: 1:19 = 1 min. 20s
Lap 2: 2:44 = 1 min. 25s
Lap 3: 4:18 = 1 min. 34s
Lap 4: 5:48 = 1 min. 30s
Lap 5: 7:24 = 1 min. 36s
Lap 6: 8:54 = 1 min. 29s
Lap 7: 10:31 = 1 min. 37s
Lap 8: 12:08 = 1 min. 37s
Lap 9: 13:36 = 1 min. 28s
Lap 10: 15:02 = 1 min. 26s
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