After doing two solid 100m swims on Thursday, I thought I'd have a go at some longer dives this morning. I felt pretty good when I got up, though not great when I got down to the apnea part, and decided after a 75m just to go to 100m (which Wal filmed, before his battery ran out). I probably went a little quickly and was feeling ordinary ('heady') at 85m.
After a break and some swims from Wal, I had another go with the intention of turning at the 100m and maybe going to 125m. I started very slowly, thinking about those slow 50s I've done, using continuous/random kick glide combo. I got past 75m before the urge to breathe and did some stronger kicks to the 100m. Out of the turn I did some stronger kicks then went fairly fast (a little too much so) to the 150m, where after signalling and saying I was okay I didn't breathe enough and had a decent samba...
Anyway, that's a new PB that wasn't really expected. So I'm happy with that.
Things to do differently - continue to relax into the 3rd 50m, finish at the shallow end or at the side of the pool/lane, BREATHE more consciously, use a touch more weight at the waist.
Technique-wise things look okay. A little too much knee bend, but fairly level in the glide (though the feet are too buoyant)
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