As many of you know, I started swimming again as an adult a little over a year ago (last Christmas). I did a lot of swimming/training and lessons the first half of the year last year and then basically just swam once a week since last August because I like the exercise.

I had my husband video my swim stroke when we were in FL over the holidays. I posted my video clip on Beginner Triathlete and got some good feedback. Since then, I've been actively working on improving my catch/pull, my body rotation and most importantly - working my upper body and lower body together instead of independently.

Over the weekend, I was able to do a two-beat kick for the first time for a couple of lengths. Yesterday, I was able to incorporate it for pretty much my entire swim. That, combined with my improved stroke, has gotten me 10sec/100 off my 'easy' pace time. I can feel a strong glide with each stroke. It's amazing! The true benefit is that now when my arms and legs are timed correctly and working together, I am SO much more efficient!! It's truly unreal and I never would have guessed it before actually feeling it.

My plan is to get this stoke cemented into my muscle memory, and then to work on increasing my stroke rate (which is slow right now), to increase my speed further.

Last night, the older guy in the lane next to me asked me how many years I've been swimming. When I said 1, his jaw hit the water. He said he would have guessed 20! In fact, I actually caught multiple people just watching me swim last night which NEVER happens.

I feel like I'm right on the edge of something AMAZING here!!