worst workout ever

i accidentally missed a swim lesson on monday morning and was given a workout to do as pennance. 200 meter warmup. then, 6 reps of 50 meters as hard and fast as i could go. 150 meters cool down. lather, rinse, repeat twice. all in all it was 1500 meters (warmup laps included). ok, that doesn't sound too bad now does it?

enter the kicker:

for the first and last 15 feet of each length, i was not allowed to breathe. the first and last 15 feet weren't bad. the middle 30, my lungs felt like i had just inhaled molten lava. by the time i was done, i was literally grabbing on to the edge of the pool to pull my head out of the water at the end of each 50.

it sucked.