Calendar year 2014 I did lap swim 15 times and 2 triathlons for 17 total swims. Already this year in all of March and half of April I have done 800 - 1000 meters now 15 times. Have I discovered The Joy of Swimming? Not so much. I realize that the best part of swimming, especially early in the morning before work, is walking to the car after a swim and shower and feeling good about heading to work. It's like the old joke: Why did < the dumb guy > keep smashing his hand with the hammer? Because it felt so good when he quit. That sums up my relationship with swimming. |
| Hydrating is important EVERYWHERE! |
Today's low-light was 800 meters from 6:30 - 6:55 am and having some difficulty (more than usual) with coordinating my breathing - thanks (perhaps) to my 2nd time using Ambien to help me sleep the night before. I also wish I could say my times were dropping but I am pretty consistently swimming 24 - 26 minutes for 800 and I am in the 32 minute range for 1000 meters. Sounds slow and it is. It's also just alternating 50 meters of freestyle/crawl with 50 meters of breast stroke. At 400 meters of 800, I drink maybe 8 ounces of water from my bottle next to my watch. If swimming 1000, I will get more water at 800 meters.
Is all this increased swimming activity to get ready for another triathlon? Not really. I am hopeful that I will do another this summer but the increased swim activity is more about having tennis elbow so badly that instead of playing tennis normally maybe 45 times so far this year, I have only played 5 times. I find that swimming doesn't hurt my arm at all and that the cardio is also good for my running. And more about that soon!
