settling in

Today I went to the pool and needed to get an idea what my 250 swim pace is really going to be. Last year at this time a I was much improved b/c of the masters swim that I was doing at BU. Last years JCC I clocked a 3:40. I was marking my 100's and 200's and 400's over the winter but was always swimming a a distance pace and was only getting my sprint work on sets with short distance and little recovery. So after my warm up I laid it on the line. 5x250's. I can safely say that my time from last years JCC will be a thing of the past. No I just have to make sure my bike and run are in order!