I Don’t Do “Nothing” Very Well
Said I was taking off for awhile…that lasted all of 5 days I guess (counting back to last Tuesday, the last day I really worked out). I decided that I couldn’t just sit around and do "nothing" so I went for a swim thinking that it might actually help the disk. Now, before I continue, you must realize that I have NEVER done any competitive swimming which means swimming laps is new to me.
I’m thinking the pool at our gym is 25 meters long. Being the math teacher that I am, I quickly figured out that 32 lengths would be 800 meters, the distance I will have to swim in the triathlon I’m looking at in October. How hard could that be? I mean, I’m in good shape, right? Yeah, right…lap 1…I’m out of breath…this is gonna be harder than I thought…much harder!! And it was…I managed 20 lengths and it took me about 40 minutes…felt good, but lots of room for improvement. Good thing I have a few months! And boy am I hungry!!!
July 17, 2007 at 4:43 am
Shannon - swimming is all technique, some of the fastest smimmers I know look out of shape. I suggest you Google swim technique and read up, it will get much easier.
July 17, 2007 at 6:26 am
Hi Shannon! Tri2Ski is absolutely right techique plays a big part. The first tri sprint that I ran I got killed in the water and was one of the last ones out…..I made it up in the bike and the run. My problem was being able to get in a groove and my breathing. I worked on my timing and technique and did much better the next couple of times out.
July 17, 2007 at 2:54 pm
One of the PA’s that I work with does triathlons, and says it’s the swimming that kills him.