Training Log Archive: kissy

Open water swimming, but I forgot my Garmin, so I have no idea if I swam on the beach or not.

This session was fantastic! I can't believe I was crying and panicking just a week ago. I swam 5 laps today, which is the length of my race in July. I stopped after each of the first 3 lengths for a few seconds, and then I just swam non-stop. Yes!! I might just be unstoppable. ;-)

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Back in the pool to work on form. And to have a nice, relaxed swim workout vs. the franticness of open water.

Back to Body Pump.

After the workout this morning, I headed to Boulder to run some errands, the first of which was to stop by the Ironman race to cheer on Nic and Annie. (Annie my coach, not Annie my dog.)

It was a very hot day (my car thermometer said 99˚), and I felt sad for some of the competitors who looked wiped out. I managed to see both Nic and Annie, and cheer them on, but it was tough with the hats and sunglasses. Luckily, the race bibs also had their first names on them.

I was surprised by how many people didn't look like what you think of when you think of a half Ironman competitor, but there they were, doing a great job. Shows what you can do when you put your mind to it.

This session went much better than last time. It was just me and Colleen because our coaches were competing in the Ironman Boulder 70.3 today. When we arrived at 7:30 am, the lake was deserted except for a lot of seemingly large fish from the size of their splashes when they leapt out of the water. Luckily, things swimming with me don't bother me.

After the last, panic-filled session, I had my worries about today, but I had spent all last night visualizing swimming to the third buoy very easily, with no panic. And I think that helped. That, plus the fact that the lake was so calm today and crystal clear.

I managed to swim 3 laps, stopping at each end but not for very long. There were a few times when I could have panicked, but I talked myself off the ledge by just slowing down and convincing myself everything was going to be fine. Nothing to panic about here. During the next session, I'll aim for swimming a lap without stopping.

I'm not sure what happened to my tracks. It's not .5 mile; it's just .27 miles. Maybe it got confused with all of the back and forth. And I did *not* swim on the sand!

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And then the now familiar loop around Bear Creek Lake Park. I'm not sure how my watch stopped when it did. I must have hit the button by mistake.

Another not fabulous run, but I did it. And it was hot. It was damn hot.