That's great, RR! I did count laps by just repeating the number over and over as I swam. It takes some discipline not to say, "12..12..12..13..13..14..15...what? where was I?" Focusing on the number keeps my thoughts from drifting to the negative, and may, with practice, help me focus on form, too.

Swim report, good news first:

-I kept track of my laps
-I did more laps than usual
-My form felt decent, and the swim wasn't too hard after the first two laps
-The padlock I'd "lost" was on a locker. Evidently I forgot that I wasn't in HS anymore, and locked it and walked away at some time in the past. I'd noticed this silver padlock on the same locker the last three times I was there, so just for snix, I tried my "old" combination. Yep, it's my lock. Now I have two. One is purple, so at least I can tell them apart.

Bad news:
-I cut my foot on the pool ladder while kicking off the wall. Top of my foot, more of a scrape, shouldn't be a problem for the tri.
-My new swim mask cost $30, leaked, pulled my cap off my head, and left a big red dent between my eyebrows. It is now going back to the store.

Best good news:
The sky changed from grey and drizzly to nice and sunny while I was in the Y!

Happy swims, runs, and rides, all! L.