my mini-tri day
ok. circus is such an ass-kicker. i don't know if i have ever been this sore in my life. it just keeps getting worse. ouch. i can't even touch my pecs - it feels like i'm jabbing them with a fork.
but anyway...
the AMD offered up the really good idea today that swimming and/or soaking in the hot tub at the gym would be lower impact and getting things moving and probably beneficial. this was totally smart. go AMD! HOWEVER. the arweena has not swum in, um, huh, um, well, i doubt snorkeling counts, so, um, god, 4 years? 5 years? when the hell did I do 'Lobby Hero'? Not since then. Holy crap. so anyway, i boldly scooped up my swimsuit, located the well-aged bag of swim supplies (i still have my cap, my goggles, my ear plugs and my no-fog goggle spray *note to self - doesn't work* and somehow got my sorry broken ass to the gym.
remembering all the pool etiquette took a little while... and the pool was pretty busy, which was a little intimidating, but i pick up some fins and floaty things and just jumped in and went for it. 1000 meters later (after a combo of freestyle and random drills for legs and arms and other weird stuff that ensured that i would not be bored), i determined that i should probably be done and i went over and soaked in the hot tub. with a gaggle of old asian men. it was awesome. one or two of them started to emulate my stretching. good times. oh - and swimming feels easier. not easy! just a little easier. i think the upper body changes from circus really make a difference.
and then.... in the shower.... i crashed. i had forgotten about the swim crash! I mean who do I think I am? I haven't swum in how long????? why did I push it when I was just trying to give my muscles a break and stretch out???? but then an idea popped into my head that made it all worth it. i was just completing my mini-triathlon day. yeah. totally. that's all. I biked to work this morning and will bike home. I swam. and I hoofed it a bunch around downtown (ok - that's not exactly running, but work with me here...). so yes. my mini-tri for the day will end up being a 1000 meter swim, a 7 mile bike ride and about a mile of fast walking. now i never need to really do a real one. right? right?????
posted by arweena @ 5:28 PM
1 Comments:
Oh Arwen, Arwen, Arwen.
Are you *really* surprised at yourself? ;-) You swam over half a mile on your first day back after years. And I hope you did it in more than 30-45 minutes because otherwise you also pushed fast as well as far.
Yes, the crash is quite something isn't it? Like, blood sugar plunge...can't lift arms to wash hair...feed me massive quantities of food...
No, none of that antifog stuff works. Just spit. And equalizing the temperature inside and outside the goggles after swimming a few laps.
Haha with the old Asian men. :-)
You should probably face the fact that you will do a triathlon at some point. Although I've always thought a short relay triathlon with me swimming and you or Dave biking and someone running would be fun. Although the AMD would be a much faster swimmer. Maybe 2 teams with you and Dave on bike, AMD and me on the swim, and 2 someones doing the run...
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