Getting Zippy with Even Hippies!

Distance: 1 mile
Discipline: Swimming

Okay - naff title! So what's it all about? Have I spent too long smoking weed which has enhanced my swimbling, I hear you ask? The short answer is "no". The longer answer is that I've been speaking to Iron Lindi and talking about how important it is to keep the hips a) level and b) stable. This led to an interestign conversation at Friday night's social where various traiathlete types decided to take the pi55 out of me for not having a set of abs like Peter Andre. I decided to do something about it. not right away though, as I had beer to drink, and boy did I pay for it yesterday :oS

Anyhow - I've sought out a Pilates class, so I'll be goign to that as of this week, but for today I really concentrated on using my abs more, pushing my chest forward to get my legs up, and concentrating on those elements of technique. Must confess it did lead to a few problems and all sorts of oddities, but I reckon I'm getting there. Still plenty of work to do though.

My stamina seemed a bit carp today, and my 100m time was a few seconds down, but perhaps I should have tried it later on in the session when I'd got more to grips with the new elements of technique.

50m PB - 49.2 second

which is obviously better than even time (1 second per metre). I'll be looking to increase that to even time for 100m over the next couple of months - my best is 1:50.3, so I've got just over 10 seconds to knock off! That seems a lot, but if I can hold the technique for longer (it really seems to deteriorate in the second fifty) and improve my fitness so I don't get short of breath quite so quickly (which also hurts the smoothness of stroke) then I might be in with a chance.

Weight
This has dipped quite a bit since my last official weight in, but went up again this morning - probably something to do with the social, although I must confess to not eating a lot yesterday. I'm hoping it will be back down again for the official Monday weigh in.