I spell it L-A-K-E E-R-I-E
And although you may well conclude that I am talking about relief from today's 35 degree weather, you would be mistaken. That was probably an underestimated fringe benefit however, as I never even noticed the heat for all of the 1 hour and 16 minutes I spent in the water today.
No, I'm talking about the fact that I finally got a decent calm day to get a good swim in, and the fact that it went quite well. Of course I have no idea how far I went but that's really irrelevant at this point. The important thing is that I got the time in, and perhaps even more importantly the fact that it was a "day at the beach". I have been just a little anxious about the swim portion recently as for one reason or another I have had very few long sessions. Certainly back at this stage in 2009 I had done the distance several times already, but with this go-around I have never swam more than 3000 metres.
So I'm feeling a great sense of relief today. I concentrated on relaxing my breathing which for me is the key to relaxing my body and just swimming. That is how it felt today....just swimming...kinda like just walking. I could have gone on for some time if the pure and utter boredom didn't put me to sleep!
The reason for the odd time is that I swam down the shore for 40 minutes and then turned around and swam back. For some reason I was quite a bit faster on the way back. I suspect wind and current, although I would like to think otherwise.
Regardless....I'm starting to get excited...game on!
Only seven weeks to go!
(lake swim 1:16:30)
And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last."---Marcus Aurelius
And although you may well conclude that I am talking about relief from today's 35 degree weather, you would be mistaken. That was probably an underestimated fringe benefit however, as I never even noticed the heat for all of the 1 hour and 16 minutes I spent in the water today.
No, I'm talking about the fact that I finally got a decent calm day to get a good swim in, and the fact that it went quite well. Of course I have no idea how far I went but that's really irrelevant at this point. The important thing is that I got the time in, and perhaps even more importantly the fact that it was a "day at the beach". I have been just a little anxious about the swim portion recently as for one reason or another I have had very few long sessions. Certainly back at this stage in 2009 I had done the distance several times already, but with this go-around I have never swam more than 3000 metres.
So I'm feeling a great sense of relief today. I concentrated on relaxing my breathing which for me is the key to relaxing my body and just swimming. That is how it felt today....just swimming...kinda like just walking. I could have gone on for some time if the pure and utter boredom didn't put me to sleep!
The reason for the odd time is that I swam down the shore for 40 minutes and then turned around and swam back. For some reason I was quite a bit faster on the way back. I suspect wind and current, although I would like to think otherwise.
Regardless....I'm starting to get excited...game on!
Only seven weeks to go!
(lake swim 1:16:30)
And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last."---Marcus Aurelius
Love
Peter
way to go Pete!
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