Best swim so far!

I just got back from the best swim I've had so far this season!
The weather is kind of shitty today - 55 degrees, windy, cloudy, and rain threatening to start any minute. But I managed to get out of my pjs and make it to the gym for a swim (go me!). 
[Quick explanation - I'm writing a grant for work that's due Thursday. When I go into lab I get distracted and start doing experiments instead of writing so I've been staying home in the mornings to get some writing done. Which is why I was still in my pjs this morning at 10]

Redwoods on campus.

Over the hills and through the woods to the pool I go!

These pictures were actually taken on a beautiful sunny day, but you get the idea. 

It was so windy today that I kind of felt like I was doing an open water swim because the water was so choppy. And thankfully, all the dopes that usually get in my lane and annoy me apparently did not want to deal with the weather today so I had the lane to myself :)
Here's the workout:

• warmup (only 3 minutes, I was ready to go!) 
• 100m
• 200m
• 300m
• 400m
• 500m
• 400m
• 300m
• 200m
• 100m

For a total of 2500m! It took me just over 50 minutes, which is a huge improvement from where I was a month ago! In fact, the minute rests in between each set that I had planned were probably only 30 seconds or less because I felt so good. I wonder if this has anything to do with the several cups of coffee I had while writing this morning.....