The end of a good week, sort of.

The best part was finally getting my head wet, twice.
My 3rd and 4th times into the pool since last August's Ironman Canada, my 1st and 2nd time in the pool since last October!
Yep, manged to jump into the deep end twice, and both times surprised myself.
Tuesday, I went in after a brutal day at work for a quick 1500m meters, and then last night/friday nite 2000 of those meter things!...i hurt a bit afterwards, and slowed down a lot towards the end of that 40 lengths, but then just put my head down and pushed even harder, but to finally get my freestyled ass back into the pool is huge.

I love swimming, i love being about to just stick my head in the water and just go and rock and roll.

The coolest thing is when i get into a lane with a few other people, either quicker or better yet slower. Not that i need to pass people or chase other swimmers, they just both provide different stimuli .
Of course the faster swimmers give my ass a kick, because u don't wanna get passed, well too often...so the quicker swimmers get me to put my face in the water and just swim,. The situation also forces me to watch my form, because the better the form, the quicker the swimmer.

The slower swimmers, or the less experienced are also interesting to swim with. Especially those that stop at every end of the pool. Why? Well because when they stop, well, you can't. I usually try to split my swims into 6's. That's 6 lengths and then switch to a drill set for 6, kick board for 6, pull boey for 6, or whatever, but there's always a plan to take a quick extra breath or take a break after every 6 lengths, or 300 meters. BUT, if there's someone hanging on the wall resting, well, i won't. i'll just dig into the next set. So that swimmer forces me to work on my endurance, whether i'm up to it or not.

A good spin on the bike trainer, a good run, and looking forward to another good run tomorrow...so this was good. It's 20 weeks to the great white north triathlon....19 weeks to the ride to conquer cancer...so it's time to get serious...well as serious as i ever get...not!

onward and upward
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