She's gonna BLOW!

At least, thats what it felt like as I swam a set of 10 x 50s with my stroke cadence metronome in my cap. Of course, it also felt like my lungs were going to explode as well. Still, in many ways it makes sense to use this device, since it is like interval running or cycling. I did the 50s with 20 seconds rest for the first 5, but then I had to up to 30 seconds rest for the next 5. Greg had originally said to do 25s with 30 rest, but I thought that was too short and too long a rest. I may go back to his rec, though. Its all about muscle memory and increasing fitness at speed. I was swimming my 50s at about a 1:20 pace (40 secs each). I then did a 500 that was torture, but by the last 100 I was feeling better. In the parlance of "racing your strenth and training your weakness" I am going to race my swim and bike and survive my runs by building volume. We do have a run coach who has offered to work with Chris and me on position and cadence, so I will likely do that too. Chris and I did a 20 mile ride yesterday, and I definitely need to work on bike fitness...