swim focus week one: success!

against all odds, swim focus month do-over is off to a good (second) start!

Monday: OFF (in NYC)
Tuesday: 1mi of mixed drills
Wednesday: OFF
Thursday: 1mi continuous
Friday: 1mi mixed drills + 200 kick
Saturday: 200 warm up, 4x50 kick :15 rest, 4x50 drill :15 rest, 4x50 swim :15 rest, 4x50 drill :20 rest, 4x50 kick :20 rest, 100 cool down
Sunday: 1mi continuous, 200 kick, 200 pull, 200 cool down

i'm in serious need of a few swim items: clarifying shampoo + good conditioner(hair is WRECKED after just a few days); a new suit (booty's getting pretty saggy & see-through); and new goggles (see last race report.) time to hit up swim outlet's grab bag :) i don't know how people pay full price for swimsuits elsewhere. i'm not even a frugal/cheap person. i got a brand new TYR suit and goggles + case for under $50, with shipping!

the only catch is that you don't know what you're going to get. this was my suit from last year:

i am not a girlie girl, so this made me feel like aloha barbie! 

thinking of adding a little speed work to next week's lineup, for variety's sake. my main goal with the high frequency is to work on form, but i've been seeing disappointing split times feeling sluggish, so a few intervals here and there couldn't hurt, right? :P

all this swimming has done two things to me:
1) metamorphosed me into a freaking HUNGRY HIPPO. more so than regular 6-day-a-week tri training.
2) sucked all of the ever-loving energy out of me. for the first time since the baby was 0-3mo old, i absolutely MUST take a nap. so, i guess that means it has made me into a narcoleptic? zzzzZzzzZZzzzzzz

next week will be tricky to keep up the 5x a week. the hubster is going to SFO for a few days, and it's just harder to be the only one doing everything for the baby, the house, and the dog and still have time to work out. no excuses, though! IT WILL BE DONE.