Team Sharkbait

Last nights training started with a static session again. We had continued with the normal swimming goggles approach. But as I had dinner a little close to the training I could stretch the time only to 4:45. Jorg and I set a goal for next Thursday to do a 5 minute 16 seconds static. Just to reach a (sub-)goal again in training for static.

After that we went into the pool for a maximal attempt with my monofin technique as it is now…But that turned out to be slightly different as we both expected. Normally for a dynamic attempt I do no warm-up stuff and just jump in, breathe a few times and then dynamic for a while. So this was our approach for this attempt as well, but as I pushed myself from the wall it immediately felt like a slow and malfunctioning motion. It cost me so much effort, I surfaced and was kind of confused…

So we went back to starting with a few warm-up laps and tried again. It still wasn’t optimal and didn’t feel anything like an easy and subtle lower-back motion. After evaluating with Jorg I had to conclude my squats from the fitness training could be the ones that were jamming my motion in this training. Never the less, there’s always a new day of training, so Thursday we’re out there again.