"I can swim, honey"

"Well of course you can swim silly, your an ironman."

I was giddy when I called Mistress after my swim test at Durapulse. I have been spending almost too much time with Coach Nick and we did a swim test at my last session. All I had to do was swim 30 minutes, with him increasing/decreasing the water speed for interval training.

This time however I rolled from the hips. I had an elevated left shoulder out of the water. I swam front quadrant. I did not cross my hands in front of me. I.Glided. I glide. I'm a glider.

The best part about this was the time. The slowest I swam (in relation to a 100 yard time) was a recovery speed of 1'45" and faster swims up to 1'30". Coach Nick figures I swam a mile. This is a big deal because when I came to him I swam without form and with some effort at 2'00" 100's. Based on this test, I have a Iron (training) swim time of 1hr 10min, which is 25 minutes faster than similar iron swim tests I have done.

Coach was very happy for me. His client before me was still there while I was swimming and Coach asked him to come over and see what good form looked like, to show him how he would eventually improve. I told him even if he was lying to me I appreciated it.

I am so happy.