Swimming and Biking

Been swimming the last two days. I am pleased with my improvement. The strokes and breathing are beginning to feel natural to me. Today I swam a total of 1000 meters, hey that's .6 mile...woohoo! Last Saturday at training the coaches filmed our swimming. Of course when he filmed me I did my worst swimming ever. If only they had filmed me today. I was on it and even had some speed. The kids have been going with us, swimming in the pool while we do laps. Luna can swim 10 meters on her own. Pretty impressive.

Two days ago I biked 12.8 miles in the valley. It was a beautiful ride with two small to medium inclines. It reminded me of the village in Transylvania... the smell of trees, heat, animals and the wild grasses growing. I talked myself up the longer incline. I had done two loops around so the second time was more of a challenge going uphill as I was tired. the rest of the ride was fairly flat so I could work more on speed. I feel pretty confident on biking. I was tired at the end but I could have done two more loops totaling almost 26 miles. I feel confident that biking will not be an issue in the triathlon. I need more work on hills and speed but I know I can do that.

Running is a whole other issue. My weakest point in all of this. I did well one day last week and can't quite imitate that. I am breathing better and not getting tired. However somewhere before 1/2 mile I hit some sort of wall. I just want to stop and even if I tell myself no, my legs slow down and I stop. Then of course I get frustrated with myself. I am not tired, just done. And from that point the rest of practice is really hard. I know I just have to push through that. I want to have J run with me and talk me through that point. A co-worker suggested an i-pod for running. She said she gets bored and that is what makes her stop. The music distracts her well. I think that is a small part of it. But when I get to that wall I think I just can't do it anymore even though I can. On that good day I was full of positive self talk and did great but the last few times it's just not there. The other difference is that day I did well I was alone. maybe I am distracted by J and the kids.

Tomorrow we have training with the coaches and team. We have swim and running. It will be good to get feedback on the running.