ahhhh :)

I just got back from swimming, and a funny thing happened. I swim in a pool that's 25 yards. Now, I recently found out that a mile is about 1760 yards. So, divide that by 25 and I'd have to swim 70.4 laps, or 35.2 up-and-back. Um, can you say daunting?! I'd been swimming twice before that, and did about .6, .7 miles each time - swimming 100 yards, then resting for one minute, then continuing. At that rate, it would take me forever to get to 71 laps.

So today, I did something different - I hopped in the pool, and then just started swimming. I would switch from free to breast stroke on the 5s and 0s, just to mix things up a little bit and catch my breath. I realized that because swimming is different running for me in that I am a way stronger swimmer, I would have to pay more attention to my body. That's the benefit of having a tri under my belt already, I know that I need to train consistently (because last year I sooooo didn't) and I need to listen, listen, listen to my body. So, I just started at good old #71 and counted all the way down to #1, trying to go at a pace where I wouldn't have to stop. I did it in about 49 minutes.

I'm so not a type A person...I don't play games to win, I play them to play. In fact, if I'm playing with people who enjoy winning (coughcoughKYLEcough) I'll do things just to thwart them. I have to find the joy and the happiness in everything I do. It's why I garden, why I hate cleaning unless I know it'll make the hubs happy, why I play the piano, why I study to become a music therapist. 

In doing this training business, I've learned that it is far more important to listen to my body than to pay attention to what my pace is. If I get on the road or in the pool consistently, I'll be a faster runner/biker/swimmer. The point is not how quickly I can get to the end, it's how much fun I'm having getting there.

Fun Fact of the Day: Did you know that I live like 3 miles from where Lance Armstrong used to work? Yup, the Richardson Bike Mart is just down the road from me.