*Sigh* Why can't running be as easy as swimming?

[colby]

I feel you, KSH. I have swam twice in the last year, maybe even more like two years: once the week before my tri, and once for the actual event. Just doing breastroke with some mixed freestyle and I can finish 1/2 mile in a fairly respectable 20 minutes, and keep going for much longer distances. I was a competitive swimmer when I was younger, and while I was by no means winning races with record times, I did learn technique and sometimes swam anchor on relay teams.

But running? I feel like such a gimp. This week I am majorly down on running, I've been doing yoga (some more strength conditioning, some more aerobic) and biking instead. I am mentally committed to ramping up for a marathon at the very end of November, even if I have to walk, but I feel so slow... I am hoping the endurance training and the cooling weather for fall/winter helps me get back up on running, and I can always bike until it gets too wet/snowy, or hit the pool/gym.

Hang in there. You'll make it.

[Lise]

It's funny, KSH, when I read the title of your post, I thought, "If running were as easy as swimming is for me, I'd never finish a triathlon!" For some reason, swimming is hardest for me. I know it's the shortest part of any tri. For someone properly trained, it is easy. For me, it feels like the difficult task I have to get through in order to bike. Running's not easy for me, but I can do it.

I pictured myself running like I swim--zig zagging all over, sometimes running, sometimes hopping in place, sometimes skipping--it would be entertaining, I grant you that!

Enjoy your swimming grace, and know that run will come to you, too. L.

[Brina]

I hear you. Swimming just feels so natural. I should have gills.