Don't forget the big picture

After last weeek's 6 mile swim I took it easy for a few days, and in my desperation to heal quickly used my HSA account to order four shoulder straps that apply heat and cold to each shoulder.  They arrive early next week.  I rested it this week only swimming 3 miles during the week.  

Yesterday I met Chad and the Ebay Media expert, Kip, at Bountiful Lake where we were interviewed about our experience preparing for Chad's English Channel swim.  We then got in and swim about 1/3 mile out to the southern most fishing dock and swam back while Kip flew his hovercraft overhead.  It was pretty neat.  

This morning I coached SDM, and considered going to join Will Reeves at his 12 hour challenge, but had to consider that doing a really big swim would damage my shoulders more, and I was not prepared or properly trained to be able to swim that long.  So I opted to put together my own long workout that was still going to push me, but within limits.  So here's what I swam:

100 easy

200 IM

300 - 4 x 75's build on 1:15

400 kick with fins

500 - 5 x 100s free :15 rest

600 - 3 x 200's Tic Toch on 3:15

700 - 2 x (100 fly, 100 back, 100 breast, 50 free)

800 - 4 x 200's free no equipment 

900 - 900 snorkel free

1000 pull

1500 - 15 x 100's free get 1:20 on 1:45

1000 pull

900 - 900 snorkel free

800 - 4 x 200's free no equipment 

700 - 2 x (100 fly, 100 back, 100 breast, 50 free)

600 - 3 x 200's Tic Toch on 3:15

500 - 5 x 100s free :15 rest

400 kick with fins

300 - 4 x 75's build on 1:15

200 IM

100 easy

12,500 yards total = 7.1 miles

This swim was better than last weeks as I had food with me on this swim and I kept fueled.  No I'm tending to the shoulders.  Gotta get them healing faster!