The down side?

So there is a down side to getting faster in the pool. My coach has made my swims harder this month! He cut my interval times down significantly so today I was working pretty hard to stay with them. In fact, it may have been one of the hardest sets of done... ever. Before I never really pushed that hard for speed. Now I suppose it does make more sense since I think my form is a little better and now I'm sure there is more to gain from more volume. Still getting used to an increased turnover and maintaining that for a while in the pool, but good progress thus far.

The PowerCranks are also going well, I think I may be ready to give my Malcom Dixon ride a shot although I'll probably wait another week or two just to make sure I can do it. It would be about 1900 feet of climbing over 22 miles. I haven't really done any hills yet, but I have done a couple of 45 minute rides out on the bike trail and can go for a while on the trainer now without stopping. I still have a lot of work to do, but I am also making good progress on the bike front.

I definitely feel like this off-season has more purpose thus far, which I think is a good thing.