Today at swim practice my performance was not as good as last week. I suspect if the poor rest from the long Pride weekend in New York City had something to do with it. In any case, this was the main set (2x)
- 3 x 200 free consistently fast
- 50 easy
- 50 build
- 50 sprint
- 50 easy
The 200s were particularly challenging. At the beginning of the set one is confident it is easy. At the end of the second lap, one begins to regret not saving energy for the full 200. And then one gets to repeat it again, and again. The life lesson I draw from today’s experience is to be wary of over-confidence and to come up with a strategy to win the long-run, to allocate energy efficiently across multiple battles to win the war.