Finally a SOLID week of training
I was finally able to string together a solid week of uninterupted training. This marks the first week where I felt solidly strong. I'm not saying I'm in race shape but, I'm slowly getting there. I had a big swim session on Friday that I crushed and was fired up about. For the first time ever I swam a few hundreds without thinking about my stroke. This is huge because all that I think about while I swim is my stroke. It was very relaxing just to swim in a mentally relaxed state. One question that did pop up while swimming was in the middle of my main set. I swam the first half of them with a Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE) of 3-4. I thought I was working too hard and shifted my focus to my form and technique. Amazingly my RPE went down and my splits decreased. I was working less and going faster! So the question I have is how to judge my pace while racing. Obviously I'm not going to be able to check my watch while in the ...