At one end of me, I have 2 legs. I know, and they are wonderful things, but at the top end of me is a brain. Brain is not so big and can’t handle the constant barrage of thoughts that happens when I try to swim. High elbow, rotate shoulders, reach, catch, pull, push, S shape, head down, breathe in, breathe out, use your core muscles, holy crap I’m so slow, is that a cramp in my foot, I’ll never be able to swim 1500m, I’ll never be able to swim 1900m, yuck that water does not taste good, follow the bubbles, glide, angle your hand on entry, enter just above your head, aghhhh water up my nose, water in my goggles, I feel tired. Well in all of this my brain appears to have forgotten about Legs. Poor legs. Until last night. Daaaaa daaaaaa, I remembered to kick my legs and did I detect a new gear? It sure felt like a speed improvement. You see I normally kick slowly, the idea being, triathlon swimmers kick slow to conserve energy for the bike/run. Well that’s what I thought I had read, but there is an awful lot of people swimming with a faster leg action than me, going faster than me and swimming further than me, so I figure I can speed it up. Go legs go, welcome to the swimming party.Thursday 11 October 2007
New Discovery: Legs
At one end of me, I have 2 legs. I know, and they are wonderful things, but at the top end of me is a brain. Brain is not so big and can’t handle the constant barrage of thoughts that happens when I try to swim. High elbow, rotate shoulders, reach, catch, pull, push, S shape, head down, breathe in, breathe out, use your core muscles, holy crap I’m so slow, is that a cramp in my foot, I’ll never be able to swim 1500m, I’ll never be able to swim 1900m, yuck that water does not taste good, follow the bubbles, glide, angle your hand on entry, enter just above your head, aghhhh water up my nose, water in my goggles, I feel tired. Well in all of this my brain appears to have forgotten about Legs. Poor legs. Until last night. Daaaaa daaaaaa, I remembered to kick my legs and did I detect a new gear? It sure felt like a speed improvement. You see I normally kick slowly, the idea being, triathlon swimmers kick slow to conserve energy for the bike/run. Well that’s what I thought I had read, but there is an awful lot of people swimming with a faster leg action than me, going faster than me and swimming further than me, so I figure I can speed it up. Go legs go, welcome to the swimming party.
Friday 5 October 2007
Boooo hooooo, back to work
October 1st came and went. 1 contract with a large public sector department did not start and another contract came along and started within 4 days. So Thursday I found myself chained to a desk, staring at a computer screen. Ohhhhh, boo hooo, whooa is me, poor me. It's a curse, having to work. It's about time society found a way of keeping me, paying for everything my family needs. I've paid tax, it's about time for some pay back! OK, I'll shut up and get on with it!
Still I did manage to not start work until Thursday. So Monday, swimming, Tuesday, Biking, Wed, swimming. Then Thursday and Friday its commute into London and back so no time for training. I can see its all going to be downhill from here, or time for the turbo trainer (thanks Phil for the reminder). Maybe I should get off at Clapham Junction and run in? There are showers and it is casual wear, there is even somewhere to park your bike securely, but can you really cycle into London? Ummmm running from Clapham Junction, must look it up.
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