34×100’s
Swim practice today was extreme. After our running in the rain, we swam 5500 yards. But it wasn’t focused on distance - our main set was 34×100’s @ 1:30, where you have to hold a 1:10 or faster for each hundred (that was just for my lane though, the fastest interval was 1:25 holding 1:05’s). Andrew and I had been in the same lane, but after the 9th 100 Kate moved us into lanes next to each other so we could race. She also said that for every time I beat Andrew, he has to do a 100 fly. I tried to beat him, but after a 50 I decided to save it for later because my respiratory system was starting to give out (I still have gunk in my lungs), and I was afraid that even if I did beat him my I’d miss the 1:10 on the next hundred. At number 27, I finally beat him. By about 12 inches. When Kate told him that he has to do a 100 fly, he got so mad that he sprinted the next 100 and beat me by about five seconds. Then Kate told me that if he beats me by that much again, I’ll have to do a 100 fly too. I got so mad about that that I sprinted the next 100, and he still beat me, but not as much as before (he was still sprinting from number 28). At that point, there were four 100’s left and I was starting to get 1:12’s. Kate said she’d make me do a 100 fly for each one that I don’t make the 1:10 on, so I sprinted the last 4 and I think I made them all, but after that I could barely breath for the first 100 of our 200 cooldown. Andrew didn’t have to do the 100 fly in the end, because Kate said he worked it off in the last few 100’s. Luckily, I didn’t have to either. Every muscle in my body is hurting now, so I think I’ll go take a nap.