New personal best
I achieved a new personal best today. I swam 560 yards. I can’t begin to tell you how psyched I am about this achievement. I mean, we’re talking about a guy who could barely make it 50 feet without laboring like a beached whale. Today, I went 560 yards. Granted, this isn’t even close to what I need to do in order to compete in October’s Triathlon, but it’s a huge leap forward. I actually felt like a swimmer today. There was very little thrashing about, and even on those occasions when I temporarily lost my rhythm and swallowed some water, I didn’t panic. Instead, I concentrated on what my instructor told me. I slowed down, rolled to one side, cleared my mouth, took in a new breath of air, and kept going.
Man, I feel like a kid on Christmas morning. I’m so happy, I could bust.
