Swim update

Despite my late swim training start I really feel like my swim form is finally coming along. Instead of slogging through mindless pointless laps in the pool I've really focused on technique this year. The private lessons with the Chicago Blue Dolphins are really paying off and my swim times are down. My open mile swim time, which last year I had clocked at a pedestrian 36 minutes is now down to a more respectable 33 minutes. Although my goal for this summer was to get my mile swim time down to 30 minutes I’m still pretty happy with the progress I've made this season. We’ll see how this all translates to an Olympic distance triathlon swim in a couple of weeks at the Chicago Triathlon. I’m hoping my new swim technique helps me come out of the water faster and less fatigued than in previous years. Here’s to not exiting the water at the tail end of my age group!