However, despite the lingering eau de pool, I'm glad I got up early and went swimming today. It went much better than last time - partly because, since last time, I got new googles, and so I'm no longer getting water in my eyes when I turn my head to breathe. It's amazing how much of a difference that makes.

I managed to get through 550 meters in the half-hour or so I was in the pool - I took a small break after 25 meters, then a longer break after the next 25. My recovery breaks got longer the more swimming I did, but that's OK. I was hoping to get 800 meters in, but there's always next time. I probably could have done another 250 meters, because I didn't feel especially tired. However, I could feel it getting harder and harder to keep good form, so I must have been more worn out than I felt. I figured that, at this point, it's more important to do fewer, better quality, laps with good form than it is to get a ton of distance in. The last thing I want to do is develop bad habits that I'll just have to do more work to break later.

So, even though it was shorter than I hoped, it was still a good workout. I'm definitely feeling much better about this triathlon I'm signed up for next summer. I've established that I can, indeed, cover 400 yards of swimming. Now I just need to start stringing those 25 meter chunks together so I can do it all in one piece.