I had a double swim day.  I don’t think that I have ever had a day where I have swum two times.  I was only scheduled to do one swim workout, but on such a beautiful evening, I couldn’t resist going to the lake.

My pool workout this morning was quite a long one for me.  The main set was 24 x 100, and the total yardage was 3,400 yards.  By the end of the session, I was getting a little fatigued, and could feel my form starting to slip.  Nonetheless, it was a good swim and I went home happy and hungry.

During the summer months, our local race director holds an open water swim session, every Monday evening at Moraine State Park.  The two-hour, lake swim, takes place in the same lake as my upcoming race this weekend. So, despite being a little fatigued from my morning swim, I decided to go to the lake this evening.  I wanted to get a feel for the lake ahead of Sunday.

The water temperature was 68’F this evening, which felt quite nice in my wetsuit.  I was very pleased with my swim in the lake.  I was able to get into a good rhythm quite quickly, and was even comfortable when a pack of fast swimmers, swam right over me.  I did three loops at the lake.  I could have done more, but decided to save some energy, knowing I have a race this weekend.

I ended up swimming about 5,000 yards on my double swim day.  That is some really nice volume, and something I may do more often.  I don’t think I am swimming enough right now, to make the gains I would like to see in my swim.