Monday (3-Apr) Training (Swimming)

Today I decided to try doing as many laps as I could manage in the swimming decipline. Reach the MPS Swim complex sharp at 6pm, get changed and dive in the pool. I did a warmup breastroke for 100m before starting the full run.

Since I knew that my freestyle is still pretty crap for now hence I have decided to do the training just concentrating in my current best style i.e the breast stroke. I have split the training into 3 intervals each about 8 to 10 laps for three interval. Each lap is 50m. Meaning that I should complete about 1.5km if manage to complete all three interval of 10laps :)

Keeping the log short, I did the followings:

Interval1 8 Laps (50x8=400m)
Interval2 10 Laps (50x10=500m)
Interval3 8 Laps (50x8=400m)

a total of 1.3km swim for today. Time is none of my concern now as I was aiming to complete the distance of 1.5km.

There was problems after interval1 since public start coming in more and more. They start filling the pool with their kids & friends. Argghhhh... can't concentrate on my training. Keep bangging people in the pool every now and then but I try to keep as cool as possible to avoid breathing struggle. I take it as part of my training in the water as with normal races you won't expect people to race in the open water in a proper line, can you? Think positive I told to myself.

But there are quite a few incidents that really pisses me off when a bunch of this sikth with a few friends started jumping (I heard they called it 'diving') in front of me while I was doing a relax and steady swim after the 6th laps. That stupid guy jumped in front of me and stay there even though he knows I'm coming towards his way. Not my fault thou since I was swimming that same lane for almost half an hour or so. I think people should respect someone's else in the swimming pool and they should know the decipline and etique while you are in the public swimming pool. As in my case, they should have known that someone was doing laps after laps on the same lane, so just buzzz offf. It happenned another time when I return for another lap. This time, I didn't tolerate any more. I just swam over him and giving a slight punch during the breast stroke just to remind him to get (lost) out of the way PLEASE in a silent way :) he he he

Conclusion.
Never in my swimming when I finished I felt so tired like today and felt like I'm actually sweating coming out of the water. Today is my first time ever long distance swimming and manage to complete a total distance of 1.3km (for 3 intervals of course).