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Well, here I am trying to blog on an iPhone. To be honest I am impressed with the device but not the input method. Typing on my blackberry is much faster and much less frustrating.
Well, if I hate it in 14 days it’s going back.
Ok, so I haven’t been swimming much.
Well, I haven’t been swimming at all.
That changed, however, yesterday when I managed to get my rather ample ass down to Chatfield State Park for the Wednesday open water session in the “gravel pond”:
I always go to the 900m mark.
Yesterday I basically swam hard out to 900 meters, then came back, hard, with no rest. I’m pretty happy with the effort, I’m more than happy with how I felt in the water, and that’s a good sign that Ironman Canada won’t quite be the disaster I am thinking it might, especially with my altitude adaptation. But the 1800 meter lap I did yesterday is just a portion of the 3800m swim I’ll have to do for the race. The good news is that now I know for sure that it basically takes two laps out to 900meters to come close to the race swim.
Generally I swim to survive at races- I never really have any fear of NOT surviving, I’ve got a ton of experience in the water, and I’m a very strong swimmer, but I’m slow. One thing I’ve noticed, having not swum for a long time, is that I am much more aware of what’s going on with my body orientation, and how much water I’m actually letting slip under my arms. I think I needed a break from swimming in order to really get a better feel for the water. Between now and Canada I need to spend some serious time in the water getting my body orientation in the water the way I want it, and building my stroke back up.
What I really want is an endless pool, but there is absolutely nowhere to put one on my property. I’ve looked. I’ve racked my brain on where to put one of these babies but I just can’t find a location. Maybe in my back porch, if I expanded it out, but I don’t think I could get that past planning. Truth is my place is just too small. For now I’m actually going to have to leave my house and go to a pool to swim.