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July 29, 2005
Swim Lesson
My swim this morning was much better. I am kind of frustrated at how hard swimming has been for me so I am taking some measures to combat this. For starters, I didn’t cut my swim short. I have a tendency to stop at 28/29 minutes. I kept going this time. Secondly, I may start doing workouts (by myself) instead of just swimming laps. Thirdly, at the engagement party last Friday night I was talking to a good friend who is a consultant…and…wait for it….wait for it….a swim coach. He teaches everyone from water babies to adults. I feel kind of bad asking a friend for help since it would be time consuming, but I asked if he could just watch me swim for maybe 10 seconds (we had talked about mt. biking followed by laying out poolside) and point out anything glaring. He said he didn’t mind and when he found out my tri was two days away said I should have asked him sooner. So I am going to shoot him a follow-up e-mail and see if I can bribe some swim tips out of him with a promise of lunch or something. I sometimes forgot how talented my friends are. Also, at some point he was saying how bad running is for your knees…and I asked him how his shoulders were feeling. Answer, not perfect. That is a HUGE shame, and one of the reasons I think he left our college team, but running isn’t the only injury prone/overuse sport out there.
On my way home I stopped at the store and as I was pulling into the parking lot Becky ran by. I shouted hi! and she stopped and chatted with me for a few minutes. I miss the girl! I am going to see her again Saturday at a local watering hole to which she and her husband have invited their DC friends…I expect there will be runners galore there.
Tonight I am having dinner with my brother (in town for the weekend), sister, and the brother’s gf. We’re all also going on vacation next weekend with our family. This summer, last weekend, all the weekend road trips so far…this is the most time I have spent with my sibs in years-we finally all live near each other. We need to make sure we don’t overdue it. I’m not kidding…
Posted by Audrey at July 29, 2005 11:41 AM