Long gaps in blogging mean inconsistent training, but after being back at it a month I have the form I had prior to the snowpocalypse or powdermagedon thing. The (no longer) bearded training partner is a great motivation to get to the pool 2-3 times a week, and I am back to doing respectable workouts (3X300 or 2X400 yards or meters plus some shorter swims). Just this week, I seem to have found a rhythm that I can keep the whole way. When you are coordinating so many moving parts, it is a big help to have consistency and repeatability. I have a kicking rhythm that seems to work, two kicks on the non breathing side, one long/hard one on the breathing side. So it is lopsided, but seems to give me a little lift to get longer breaths prior to pushing the chest back into the water to lift the legs back up again. When I went for a 45min run last weekend, my body reminded me, for the rest of the week, never to take 3 months off running. I am tired enough from swimming, how are you supposed to train in multiple sports, seriously?
Next week it is off to FL where the support staff seems to think I should practice open water swims in the Gulf of Mexico. It sounds cold and scary but also a good idea. Mostly it is all about separating ourselves from our laptops and work—badly needed for state of mind and body.
I’ll give a serious try at a 900m swim when I get back. I almost felt like it today, but I didn’t want to practice bad form/frantic swimming toward the end. I have been mentally calming myself at the end of longer sets to stay in form and keep breathing steady. It is really good for your confidence to finish the last long set and not be out of breath.
This story of a tri-athlete resonated for me because the author also imagines the discipline of working out and success in racing will sort things out in other aspects of his life. I too thought the marathon was the key to resolving basic questions about myself, but as this author’s life shows, that is asking a bit too much of a race and perhaps not enough of yourself.
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