7K on a Sunday

i was planning to get in the water yesterday, but we had the winter music recital. and i didn't get up early enough to get everything done, so i had to swim today. i was feeling pretty good, so i decided to shoot for 7500. i ran out of time and decided to bail before the million little kids all went to the locker room at once, so i ended up settling for 7000.

500* Warm Up
-200 swim
-300 drill

5000* Swim
it was really like 5x1000s with no break. stopping only to check the split, and to get a drink at 2k&4k. having my watch really helped. i felt really good considering i was holding a pace for 5000 consecutive meters. i was able to control my breathing for the entire distance, which was great. and i managed to stay pretty on top of the pace too.
1 - 16:07
2 - 16:18 32:26
3 - 16:23 48:49
4 - 18:44 1:07:04
5 - 17:07 1:24:11
it looks like an extra 100 snuck into #4. i think that one should have been around 17:00. i was surprised at how good it felt and how well i stayed on the pace. it really helped that there were some other people in the water than i could chase. i was staying under a 3 hour 10k pace. so i think being under 2.5 is very realistic.

11x100s on 1:45
this went way better than the set i did a few days ago on 1:30. having that extra bit of recovery time made it possible for me to easily hold a 120-125 pace. and i was able to push through and do them all.

500* cool down
-200 kick
-300 swim

* compensated 1000m = 1100y

i'm pretty tired now. ate some eggs and took the dog for a walk. and jennissa is cooking hamburger helper right now.