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Today’s training called for a short swim, 21 minutes. I was glad for the “rest” since I was hurting after my hour on the elliptical machine last night. But I wanted to do something different. Usually I just swim a slow, steady pace lap after lap. I had talked to one lady who is now doing triathlons in her 60s! Her daughter had told her to increase her speed to swim four laps as fast as you can then rest. Well, I knew I couldn’t swim four laps fast, so I tried for two laps fast*, then a lap of breast stroke.

Wow! I was struggling after the first lap! But I did three sets of these. Then, I did on lap fast and a length breast stroke. I think I did four sets of those. After I was done I was glad. And if felt good to do something different. Since I had wanted to quit after that first set, I rewarded myself with five minutes in the hot tub after I finished!

*fast is a relative term. I just did my own version of “fast”. I am pretty sure it was faster than my regular stroke!