I think I'll make it

After our last-but-one meeting with Fr. Cletus yesterday, Jennifer and I went swimming. Actually, it was me who got us to go, since Jennifer was obviously hoping for me to be the excuse to skip the swim and go directly home to make dinner.

Anyway, I did 20 laps (that's 1000m), including drills, and felt pretty good. After my drills I was swimming pretty much continously, alternating 50m crawl with 50m breast stroke. At this point, I really can't keep up crawl for much more than that - my heart rate is around 170 after the crawl and goes down to the 150s after breast. During the race, I plan to do 40 strokes of one followed by 40 of the other. This is a good combination for me, since the breast stroke allows me to nicely recover my breath after the crawl.

My aim is to do the 800 meters in 30 minutes, about 50% longer than what Jennifer's going to take.