Goin' swimmin'

[JoyfullySo]

I love the swim.

As a homeschooling mom, and the wife of a triathlete-in-training who likes to bike/run with me, the swim provides an hour of solitude. Funny how I find water to be such a source of spiritual and mental rejuvintaion.

The only thing that makes me nervous is that I am not able to do an open water swim here because of these silly little reptiles called aligators.. Seems as if hydrilla(sp?) has grown everywhere, and those 'gators just love to hang out in it. Call me a chicken, but......

Sooo, I realize that swimming in open water is different, so I have really been working on a stronger, more effcient stroke. I am also trying drills, like stopping in the middle of deep water, staying still for a minute, and starting again. Silly??? Just based on all that I have read, nobody has regretting the time they have worked on swimming, and out of all the parts of the tri, the swim seems to have the potential to be the most frighenting... is that true?

Oh yeah, the hair color thing... I will NEVER color my hair while training for a tri again....What a pain in the fanny....