Quote Originally Posted by Dogmama View Post
I think you're right. I swam today and it was better. It's completely in my head. I thought I couldn't swim 50 yards, so I couldn't. Today I realized that I'm not THAT out of breath at 25 yards, so I turned around & calmly swam at the midpoints. When I thought I could do it - I was fine! When I started thinking that I was struggling...guess what happened?
I'm glad to hear this You can do this, no matter what your brain says!

I get that struggling thing sometimes, where I just feel out of sync (last night's swim!). It helps me to focus on the breathing, and let the rest of it fall back into place, like yoga or meditation.