So last night I went for a swim. I’m still trying to get my swim back to where it was back in July before Lake Placid. I didn’t swim as much as I should have in PEI and then with the LP taper and recovery, it has slipped.
Last night I paced myself swimming by watching Yvon in the next lane. Yvon is a legend at the Stouffville pool. He’s a great swimmer. He’s fast and you can usually see him at the pool 5 or 6 times a week. I know at one point he was probably swimming close to 16k or 18k a week! Unbelievable. This crazy guy also can do like 500 pushups and 2000 sit ups, without stopping!
Anyway, last night I noticed him swimming a few lanes over and I swam hard to stay a few meters ahead of him. Usually, he’d pass me after a few laps and be on his way. But for some reason and I suspect he may have been swimming slower for some reason, I was able to keep ahead of him. OK, at 500 meters, I’m still ahead, 1000 meters, still ahead, alright, he fooling with me, must be, I don’t swim this fast, I swam hard to 1500 meters, still a bit ahead of him. Then I had to really swim my ass off to stay ahead to 2000 meters, but he caught me just before.
I’ll have to email him today and ask him what was wrong with him last night! Or could it possible? My swim is actually improving? I’m not sure, because I forgot my watch and didn’t get a time for the swim. I hold off on declaring myself a faster swimmer until I hear from Yvon!
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