Dizzy

I had another session in the pool with my coach last weekend and one of the things we decided to do is to have me breathe only to my weak side from now on... all the time.... at least for the next few weeks. It seems that I've developed some bad habits by breathing only to one side for the last few years that we need to try to undo. Then, after I've got that down, we'll get back to working on the timing issue I have with my reach/pull.

Today, I swam 2650 yds all breathing to my weak side and I have to say, it made me a little dizzy!! Otherwise, it wasn't that bad and ironically, for shorter distances I was a little faster with a little less effort, so I know it's doing something. However, for the longer sets (200s), I got tired and was a little slower and not breathing as well. I think that should improve fairly quickly, but we'll see.

I was also focusing, during my drills, on the other things he noticed: the way the water feels on my lead hand, i.e., what angle and what position in which it enters the water (I am creating unnecessary drag), my body position, and my kick being streamlined.

It was an interesting experiment. To be continued....