Happy is as happy does....
I FEEL GREAT!
Ya just gotta love Saturday mornings after a great workout, sitting in front of the computer with a steaming hot cup of coffee… pondering life… the whole day ahead, chock full of promise and opportunity.
Though it was snowy and blowy this morning in Toronto, I managed to kick it into gear and got my considerable ass out the door to the Y for my planned swim. And just like I’ve been doing it forever, I did 500m (breast stroke, mind you) without stopping. Then, feeling smug as hell, I thought I’d try to finish off with 100m of free style (yeah the one where I swallow water and worry about drowning) and discovered that I was too fast for the slow lane (go figure…) and kept bumping into the people ahead of me…. So after turning around a couple of times mid length, I called it a day after approx. 75m. The encouraging news is that I could have done more.
This is all the more encouraging because, thanks to Buckeye, I’m exploring the idea of a sprint Try-a-Tri where the swim is only 375m. Sounds doable? Anyway, that’s way down the road, if ever.
On the walk home, I was thinking a couple of things: 1) now that I don’t need time at lunch to smoke my face off, I could swim or do yoga; and 2) I don’t have to run a full marathon to feel good about myself – just working out at all has the power to make me feel good and is way better than nothing at all.
Other workouts:
Thursday swim – 500m
Friday walking on treadmill – 2.5 miles
Tomorrow – treadmill, 3 mile walk.
Ya just gotta love Saturday mornings after a great workout, sitting in front of the computer with a steaming hot cup of coffee… pondering life… the whole day ahead, chock full of promise and opportunity.
Though it was snowy and blowy this morning in Toronto, I managed to kick it into gear and got my considerable ass out the door to the Y for my planned swim. And just like I’ve been doing it forever, I did 500m (breast stroke, mind you) without stopping. Then, feeling smug as hell, I thought I’d try to finish off with 100m of free style (yeah the one where I swallow water and worry about drowning) and discovered that I was too fast for the slow lane (go figure…) and kept bumping into the people ahead of me…. So after turning around a couple of times mid length, I called it a day after approx. 75m. The encouraging news is that I could have done more.
This is all the more encouraging because, thanks to Buckeye, I’m exploring the idea of a sprint Try-a-Tri where the swim is only 375m. Sounds doable? Anyway, that’s way down the road, if ever.
On the walk home, I was thinking a couple of things: 1) now that I don’t need time at lunch to smoke my face off, I could swim or do yoga; and 2) I don’t have to run a full marathon to feel good about myself – just working out at all has the power to make me feel good and is way better than nothing at all.
Other workouts:
Thursday swim – 500m
Friday walking on treadmill – 2.5 miles
Tomorrow – treadmill, 3 mile walk.
posted by Scott at 9:51 AM
5 Comments:
AWESOME job! Way to be too fast for your lane....perhaps someone is catching the tri bug??? :)
Great job with the workouts! A sprint tri sounds like a great idea!
Thanks for your comment on my blog - and congratulations on kicking the smoking habit.
Don't rush the marathon, though - they will always be there, and it's better to train for them the right way instead of the quick way.
Swimming is one thing that I cannot do well at all. It is on my list of things to conquer some day. Nice job on the swim workout.
"considerable ass" had me laughing so hard.
sounds like things are looking up. sprint tris are a blast! You will have so much fun!
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