Swimming: intervals 5/18

With the endless pool having been drained, refilled and retreated, I was finally able to get back in to do some swimming intervals.

Most of my swimming interval work has been at the 60 kPa setting, going for 2 minutes at that setting before resting for 1 minute. Feeling as though I had gotten to the point where I could step things up a bit, today I did just that.

Interval 1 - 2:01 (60)
Interval 2 - 2:02 (60)
Interval 3 - 1:59 (70)
Interval 4 - 2:05 (70)
Interval 5 - 2:03 (60)
Interval 6 - 2:00 (70)
Interval 7 - 2:02 (70)
Interval 8 - 1:30 (70)

Unfortunately I dont have very reliable HR information. My monitor showed avg rates of 96 and 117 for the first two intervals, which seems quite low, especially since my warm up avg HR was 103. Then, when the power setting was at 70, the chest strap didn't stay in place very well, and I ended up taking it off. Unless I get a swimming top, I think much of my swimming will have to be done without HR information.

Ultimately, this was a good session, as I found that I can handle the power setting of 70 for a couple minutes at a time with a 1 minute break in between. However, towards the end my arms were getting a bit too tired to continue on. Had I been in a different setting, where motivation is a bit higher, I'm sure I could have done the last 30 seconds. As it was, I ended up passing on my initial thought of having that last interval be at a power setting of 50. So 90 seconds at 70 is better than 120 seconds at 50.