You know it's a good workout when...
You know it's a good workout when your shoulders get tired holding the steering wheel on the drive home. The maintenance crew missed the 3am hot-water deadline, so now everywhere I go at work smells of chlorine.
Topic
swimming
A collection of 32 posts
Swimming: Day 10
A new best mile at 40:17, but I can feel a plateau coming on. Now I'm working on swimming farther underwater, trying to convince my body it doesn't really need oxygen all the time.
Swimming: Day 9
A mile in 41:46, slightly slower, which I'm blaming squarely on the whole chicken I ate beforehand. Also: I attempt hard-boiled eggs and nearly boil the pot dry. This is what happens when you live without a microwave timer.
Swimming: Day 8
A rest day paid off: the mile dropped almost nine minutes to 40:49, with better reach on each stroke and far fewer breaths. I could probably shave off five more if I ever learned to do a flip turn.
Swimming: Day 7
A mile in 49:42, a 38-second gain, despite a cranky wrist from yesterday's weights and sore tendons in my shins. I've ordered a waterproof stopwatch, since counting laps and remembering my start time from the wall clock keeps tripping me up.
Swimming: Day 6
Thirty-two laps, with a little forgiving rounding: that's a mile. It took a humbling 50:20, but now I can chart progress in time instead of distance. The goal is one mile in thirty minutes. Let the graphing begin.
Swimming: Day 5
Twenty laps in thirty-seven minutes, and I felt good enough to keep going. To hit the goal I need twelve more laps, seven minutes faster. Still a ways to go, but soon I get my first two data points to graph.
Swimming: Day 4
Wine with dinner put me to sleep on the couch, but vanity woke me at 3am and I made it to the pool. Sixteen laps, officially the halfway distance mark, though at half the speed I need. Not bad for the fourth trip.
Swimming: Day 3
Eleven laps before my right side gave out (it's always the right side; I may end up lopsided). The goal is now official: a mile in thirty minutes. And what are goals without presents? I've got my eye on a bone-conduction swimming mp3 player.
Swimming: Days 1 and 2
Day one: five laps with frequent breaks. Day two: eight, with less effort. A mile means thirty-two laps, so I have a long way to go, though at this rate of progress I'll be swimming many miles a day by month's end.