And plunging in to a masters swim class!

So lastnight I was at our community tri club meeting. A guy there mentioned that he does a masters class at the gym I go to. So afterwards I pulled him aside and asked him about this. He said "we workout tues, thurs morning at 9:00 am. Be there"... YES SIR!
I explained to him that I'm a two hour IM swimmer, so I need LOTS of help, but he didn't seem daunted.
So this morning he had me hop in lane 1... Yeah, the slow lane. We did drills, and more drills, then some kickboard sets, ugh, kick board sets, a ton of sets of 100 mixed in, and oh yeah... more drills.
He was VERY helpful in giving me tips on my stroke. Seems I'm not completing my pull at the back end. Also I need to work on balance/ hip roll. I'm a flat swimmer- a barge, when I need to be like the hull of a racing sailboat...
Bottom line, it was TOUGH! But I could feel myself getting a bit faster. It was also tough stepping out of my comfy box and actually DOING something to improve rather than just kibitz about it. Knowing that you are going to be the slowest girl there isn't easy. Walking out to the pool deck I felt very self concious. But I sucked it up and told myself to just worry about me, and improving MY swim- which sometimes means going slower in the begining. Go slow to get fast... Funny but true.