Skipped the workout on Day 21--it was a spin workout, but the hamstring (the right one) was feeling pretty bad, so I stretched a lot and made Jim massage it out, and by Monday morning, my rest day, it was feeling better. The pain in my left hamstring has gone away entirely, which makes me think more than ever that it has something to do with our crappy bed (getting a new one soon, hooray!) and lack of hydration more than anything else.
Yesterday was a rest day, but my very kind friend Noelle, an accomplished swimmer and triathlete, offered to take a look at my swim stroke and teach me to do things the right way.
An hour later, I was armed with a set of drills and a bunch of new things to keep thinking about: entry is like you're spearing a fish, at a 45-degree angle. You want to enter at 1 o'clock, if your head is at noon. Entry, little C, big C, finish. Coach Mike has already said that the biomechanics are more important than lap time in the pool, so my next pool session will be spent drilling.
Hooray! I can finally say goodbye to whacking myself in the back of my head. Today is a bike and jog. I'm pretty excited about that, actually. I'll stretch sometime mid-morning and then ride and run later.
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