Goin' swimmin'

[Running Mommy]

WOW! You sound like ME!! I've been in the pool ONCE since IMAZ!! Umm that's almost been a month!
But in my defense, when I DID get in the pool I had some issues. I still have cyclist palsy in my right hand, so I can't put my fingers together to make a strong pull. It was really frustrating. My arm/hand still isn't better, so I think I may have to go to the doctor.. sigh.. I HATE going to the doctor!!
Anyhoo.. I really should go back and at least work on balance drills. I've just been enjoying my bike soo much! And I was soo burned out after spending so much time in that stupid thing! A 25 meter pool is not condusive to long distance swimming thats for sure!

[Lise]

I swear--I was trying to talk myself into doing laps without goggles--NO--and I thought, How did Denise do so many danged laps? Hours and hours of laps? Hats off to you. Hope I can figure out the goggle situation. I've got my first sprint, in a pool, on 5/21. L.

[Running Mommy]

You know I find that I only get about 6 mos out of my aquaspheres before they start leaking. I think it has to do w/ the amt of clorine they dump in the Y pools. Now that I'm in a smaller pool here in the hood it's not as bad. But yeah, for some reason after awhile they start giving way!

[yellow]

I swear--I was trying to talk myself into doing laps without goggles--NO--

Head up freestyle. I think I can do about 100 yds of that and I have to rest for 5 minutes. Seriously, head up breaststroke is better than nothing. It's great for your inner thighs.

I should have gone swimming today (it's my "recovery day" exercise of choice when the weather is bad--the pool is indoors). But I didn't. Why? Get s**t together, drive to pool, do all the hair stuff, swim, get out & shower, get dressed, dry hair, drive home, scarf something, go to work. I spent the time trying to figure out what to do next to/with my hair and trying not to visit the fridge every 5 minutes.

I really like the Tyr goggles for small ADULT faces. The gasket is silicone. Though it sounds like you don't want the skinny goggles. So I'm of no help!

[DirtDiva]

It was beautiful weather (sunny and about 24C) and I wasn't working, so I took the time to walk to the pool (45mins or so), which was lovely. Then I swum, like, my furthest ever (2000m with only one rest in the middle) and even did about 3 tumble-turns (over the course of 80 laps ) that didn't suck heinously. Then I inhaled a banana (nothing makes me as hungry as swimming does) and walked home again and made myself some lunch. It was nice and quiet at the pool, because it was the middle of the day and all. It was great, great, great.

The whole swim process is always so much better when you don't have any real time pressure.