Day #2 – Swimming For My Triathlon (Breaking Goals)

So last week swimming was all new to me. I never went into the tub to practice, but I took a few minutes out of my day to get the breathing sequence together. The way you breathe for running is totally different, so practice for me was very important. I got into the water today feeling really good. I worked out hard this week, but laid low today because I wanted to give it my all. Based off of the goal that I set last week (complete 15 laps TODAY), that number kept resonating in my head, “15, 15, 15, 15.” But something clicked and that was it. The class is scheduled for 90 minutes and I got to 15 laps in 35 minutes (18 laps for a .50 mile distance). I was feeling good. I only drank 14 gallons this time (lol) and my stroke was improving. The old man was silent and you know what they say, “no news is good news”, so I kept on going. There was alot of water chatter in the other lanes, but I’m NOT here to socialize and talk about how wrinkled my thumbs are, I’M HERE TO SWIM!! To make a short story even shorter, I did 26 laps. So you are suppose to double that and it gave me a total of 52 completed lengths. I don’t think that’s too shabby for my second week.

Goals accomplished this week: (1) I wore goggles; (2) I kept my head down to exhale and kept my cheek on the water; (3) My right arm stroke is aggressive and that’s what is causing the water to find a home in my nostrils. So I need to calm that down; (4) I didn’t pee in the water…just kidding (hahahaha).

Goals for next week: (1) Maintain 26 laps; (2) Instead of doing the fundamental stroke back, I will do the forward crawl to build up my endurance; (3) Reduce the aggression on the right hand stroke…aka…calm down!!

Week #1: 15 laps

Week #2: 26 laps

Thanks for following my journey:)

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   Sarah Rippel says:

   January 28, 2010 at 6:23 am

   KEEP IT UP, SHAWN!!!!! Yay!!!