I'm not sure what I was doing right in the pool today, but something was definitely going my way. Without a wet suit I completed a mile in 33:07, which is well over two minutes faster than my best time last week. One new thing I was doing was bringing my hands into the way rotated vertically and to the outside, kind of like the way oars on a rowboat go. I saw some pictures of fast swimmers and that's the position of their hands as they enter the water. In addition I'm pushing forward slightly on each stroke before pulling back. I can really feel the water coming past on each stroke. It's really cool.
Posted by jherr at August 16, 2007 03:38 PMThanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. (sign out)
(If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)