After two weeks of no swimming due to an unfortunate incident, I found myself quite excited to get back in the pool. I also found myself coming down with a hum-dinger of a head/chest cold, which kept me away from swimming for almost another entire week. I didn't go to the gym at all in fact; I even took a morning off work, slept as much as I could (twelve hours one night!) and just tried my best to recover.
At looooooong last, I found myself finally feeling up for a swim on Wednesday night. I was so excited and energized! But I also felt a smidgen of fear about how the swim would go--after almost three weeks' break, how much endurance would I have lost? Would I be back to the proverbial drawing board? (Could I say... back to the diving board?)
Well, folks, I'm very happy to report that all was not lost during my several-week-long hiatus. I swam about ten laps total, with at least three consecutively--and I felt that I could have done more! I think I'm finally finding a rhythm of swimming that feels comfortable. I can swim without getting so out of breath that I'm gasping for air after three laps. That's quite an accomplishment! Once I have a sustainable pace, I just have to keep building on laps... all the way up to sixteen! I've got quite a way to go, since I'm only at 3 right now... but it will happen!
I also checked in with my triathlon buddy K.C. We hit the gym together last night, planning to go for quick treadmill runs. Unfortunately for me, in the rush of getting picked up for the gym, I completely forgot my running shoes. Not good. (Maybe my subconscious knew I needed more time to recover from my sickness?) Anyhow, I ended up going for a "brisk walk" while K.C. jogged away next to me. Maybe I'm a terrible person, but I found it encouraging to hear that he has also been a bit lax in training recently. We both need a bit of a kick in the pants, it seems. Well, I will be heading out of town for Easter this coming week, but I hope to continue training in the meantime and perhaps even get in some training runs or even swims at the hotel. Do people even swim laps in hotel pools? What if the pool is filled with awkward preteens? What do I do then?
I think my imagination has gone a-wandering. I guess I'd better just focus on swimming when it's time to swim, and let those tweeners do their own thang.
Happy Friday, y'all! Hope you have a great weekend.
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