wang writes

Wednesday is the hardest swim sesh of the week. I am not sure why but I am not complaining. It hurts while you’re at it, but feels so good after.

600 warm up
5 sets of 2x 200 on 3.25, 1x 100 on 2.00
200 easy
10x 50 kick 50 pull
100 cool down
Total = 4.4k

…they’re the only ones on a cold, foggy Hong Kong morning in a usually really packed Wan Chai swimming pool. The ironic thing is there are 10 lanes in the pool and our squad - Fitfish - took up only two. Makes me wonder why, especially with all the hits and near-misses while overtaking and passing during the set today!

The set was:
800m warm up
5x 400m on 5sec rest (averaged 6.46 per rep)
200m easy
10x 50m (25m sprint, 25m easy)
200m easy
= 3.7k

I was feeling strong, but perhaps more impressive to me was the dash I made from changing room to the pool. Plunged in and thrashed my arms around like crazy. Wasn’t so bad after the first 100m or so!

I feel really blessed to have stumbled into this swim squad. Not only does it have sessions six days a week at 7am (I’m a morning person), but it also has strong swimmers and fun members. All good!