Swimming the Farallones

Next Summer I will be swimming from the Farallon Islands to Aquatic Park in San Francisco, a distance of 30+ miles. A feat that has never been accomplished by a female and "I am just the girl for the job"

Dream it! Swim it!
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15 x 500

15 x 500 yrds was my workout yesterday. It seemed to go by very quickly. I took my time warming up (6 of the 15). Then I focused on holding a steady pace per 100 yrds. for 3 of the 15. I swam those 3 as hard as I could holding 1:10 per 100. Not bad… The rest (6 more) was switching between swimming, pulling and kicking. My endurance is improving and I am really able to settle my mind for longer periods.
Today I swam with the masters. It was a stoke workout but my stroke for the day was free. I don’t want to spend several days being too sore after doing butterfly so, I am just sticking to free for now.
Tomorrow is my long distance workout. I am going to do 6 x 30 min, as long as I can talk the lifeguards into letting me stay in an extra 12 minutes past the pool closing. We will have to see if they will let me. If not I will do 5 x 30 minutes with an extra warm up/warm down to complete 3 hours.
The best part about training is the nap I take every afternoon!

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