The swim zones have been relatively easy so far (T-pace of 1:27). After all, we’re basing the swim zones on Timberman 70.3 performance which was 2.5 years ago. I’m glad to know that 2 years of not swimming makes me a faster swimmer J Maybe I should swim less? Kidding….
This week, Wednesday, was a 500 yard time trial to go ahead and refresh those zones. It was a challenge. In true fashion, I started out strong with a great pull and sound bilateral breathing. Coming out through 250 yards, that stroke began to break-down and breathing had to increase. All in, a good time of 7:06, just short of the sub 7:00 goal. This ultimately dials down all the paces with a T-pace of 1:20. This results in a significant change that ultimately translates into an equivalent IM swim time of 1:11:22. This is a good number, but I believe I still have room to reduce that over the course of the next 8 months. I know Matt will have the plan to meet that objective by hopefully reducing that IM time by several minutes.
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