Improvement

I was beginning to think that I would never, ever have the opportunity to write the following statement: I’m improving. The swimming practice is starting to pay off!

Now, I don’t want to give the impression that I’ve turned into some sort of world class swimmer, I’m simply not flopping around as much as I did when I started training. Oh, and the oxygen deprivation headaches from my incorrect breathing technique have subsided so there’s another one for the “success” column.

If I said that my swimming has improved due to the long hours of work and toil at the Aquatic Center, I WOULD BE LYING. My swimming has improved because of Coach Dave’s swim drills – the zipper drill, the recovery drill, and the…uh…one where you use only one arm. At the end of our group swim training last week, Coach Dave told us that we’ve each improved a lot since our first swim session. With the Women’s Sprint Triathlon less than two months away, that was good to hear.

This week we’ll be doing a “brick” training session at In Training which means that we’ll be alternating between biking and running (ride the bike, hop off to run for 10 minutes, back on the bike, repeat). Personally, I think my brick session will look more like this – ride the bike, run for 3.5 minutes, walk for 6.5 minutes, ride the bike, lay on the ground, cry, bargain, shout, ride the bike, go home.

Comments

[Kim Kush]

If it's any motivation for you, I live in a house with a pool, and I promise you would lap me if we went head to head! You go girl, I think you girls absolutely rock for doing this! :) Kim