So this morning I hit the pool right at 7am with the idea of breaking a 40 minute mile.  Didn't happen.  Final time was 43 and change.  I realized it wasn't going to happen about 15 laps in.  So I decided to start practicing bilateral breathing.  It's basically breathing on both sides. Here's a link if you want to learn more about it:   http://www.swimsmooth.com/bilateral.html

It will do a couple of things.  #1 help me in choppy waters during open water swims and also allow me to do more stokes per breaths.  If I can't be fast I might as well work on looking like a real swimmer!  Had a rough day at work and I hope to get in a long walk/run Saturday.