I Am Going To Own This Swim!

It's still in progress, but I am really confident that I am going to do well on the swim portion. Please remember that doing well is relative. ;-)

Why do I have this sudden surge of confidence?  Today in my swim class, after a week of not swimming because of being from insane Austin allergies or the flu or both, I hopped in the pool today and swam 3 consecutive 100s (longer than I ever swam before starting my training), and the last one was for time.  Even with a little fiasco with a lane mate (she thought floating on a kick board in the middle of the lane at the wall was a good idea) I managed to knock out my 3rd 100m swim in at time of 1:21.  I have no idea if this is a good time or not, but I was really proud of myself and it was far faster than I was expecting to have swam even my first 100.

Maybe my coaches are right, I'm swimming way too fast and could handle slowing it down a bit so that I can go even further.

Things are looking up my friends!

Now, if I just felt as confident about my Motor Learning test of Thursday. Yikes!

Getting a Little Run In

It was so nice to get a little run in today. Spring Break could be longer than a week if it wanted to be. I won't be mad. Promise. I was also super happy to average less then 8 minute miles, even with my alternating running and walking to keep my achilles happy. (Ps, it's still not happy).

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Can You Limit Your Sitting and Sleeping to 23.5 Hours a Day?

I think this video is incredible, and while I'm doing the Tin Man Triathlon to raise funds for cancer research by doing something I have never done before and have to push my body to accomplish (especially in the swim portion to do), the fact is that the physical activity will help me steer clear from a multitude of chronic diseases, including certain cancers.

So, hopefully as encouragement to myself and inspiration to others just to get out there and live life somewhere else besides behind a desk or front of a TV here's an amazing video that really opened my eyes to the importance of being active, just a little bit.

Achilles No Likey!

So my right achilles has not been incredibly happy with the transition post surgery to fore-foot striking while I run. I went back to my normal run stride today and took it easy. I haven't had any complaining from it yet. Fingers crossed. I need to start cranking out more runs to get ready for CapTex. Keep Fighting!

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