Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Swim, Bike, Circuit Train

I was singing that this morning with Brady. Swim, Bike, Circuit train. While I was singing, I was also doing the motions for each one. Then Brady picked it up and started to sang and do the motions with me. It was really cute.

I created a new training schedule for myself that last through the end of the month. The schedule focuses on swimming, running, biking and circuit training. For today I have a 60 min bike followed by 450 meters in the pool and a circuit on the nautilus machines. So I stuff all my gear into my backpack and rode to the Y to drop off my stuff in the locker. Then I continued my ride through town and onto the bike path. I was going to ride back to the Y but I decided to ride home instead and drive back to the Y. Bike ride – 13.3 miles in 56 min.

I open my locker and pull out my shorts and towel from my back pack, but I couldn’t find my goggles. I must have not put them in the bag. So I just decided to do the swim without them. I get in the pool and just floated around for a few minutes and decided to drive home and get my goggles. Out of the pool, dry off, throw some shorts on, drive home, find the goggles, drive back, put on cold wet shorts and then back in the pool. After a few stretches I was off and swimming. Today for some reason everything clicked. I had my best swim by far today. Breathing just came naturally with every 3rd stroke. At the time there were only 2 lap lanes open and I did a few laps by myself and then a lady came into my lane and asked if she can join me. I said sure but watch out, I was a beginner. She laughed and said no problem. So after a few more laps, I was leaning against the wall catching my breath and the lady came up to me and said, “Don’t tell anyone you’re a beginner, you don’t look like it.” That made my day. I was really excited that she said that. 3 weeks of practicing has started to pay off. Swim – 450 meters in 30 mins.
After the swim I jumped on the nautilus machines for 30 mins and then home for some lunch. Great workout day. Tomorrow I have just a 4 mile run schedule, but I might squeeze in a swim. But it all depends on the time, I need to mow the lawn, priorities.