Checkin' IN!!!
It's interesting the power of a good work out, especially when it is a swim. I am not the best swimmer at all and I have worked very hard. I improved my first 70.3 Ironman St George event swim from 1 hour 13 minutes and some change (missed cutoff but still finished the event) to 52 minutes this last year. There is not a special formula beyond do the time and be willing to learn where you can. I slowed down last night, and just felt the water in my 100 yard sets. I breathed, exhaling under water and pulling in air during my strokes. It was good to 'le it go'. Apparently, life has me in a heightened state of 'stress'. It's been bugging Liz and I am grateful she cut out some space for me to go last night.The dynamics of Astrid joining our family has been awesome. The bronchial crap I have been dealing with for some 8+ weeks now sucks. It's not anything I can go to the doc about, just a nag. I have rested multiple times too and when I think it is gone, hello old friend. It comes back.
I am grateful. Grateful for the life I have and the things I have done and witnessed. Grateful to have been patient enough to identify Liz as a grate partner in life. I don't know that I ma the A level husband but I do think I get a strong B and B+. Being a dad is great. yesterday pre swim, I had the kids come out and just jump in the leaves. We had a facebook live and I let it go about 9 minutes. I was glad to see my son back to his boyhood non tween form.
I guess the theme of the swim was truly 'let it go'. What I love most about the swim is that it is truly simple. One must breathe, and concentrate simply on reducing all disruptive motions. It sounds simple right? :) Anyway, I went slow and just clocked in and swam 100's and a 200 and a 300 in there too I think. I just swam 2050 yards. I felt like stopping at 900 yards, but didn't. I procrastinated that decision and it was what I needed. I need to get out of my head a bit. It's not that I am unhappy or anything, just working through change and adapting to it.
Anyway, keeping this short. Going to try and get in a run later today. See if my lungs and the phlegm that I have been working through agrees and lets me just run. Anyway. Happy days and looking forward to Dennis turning 12 on the 25th.
Cheers!
Activities - Strava Logs (Shane's Strava link)
Specific Workout links go here
Relevant Pics
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| Getting back on track with nutrition |
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| Is that a dennis in the leaves |
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| Trying to understand this pile |
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| juniper isn't sure of what to do next |
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| juniper still surveying the situation |
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