I finished the Great Barrier Reef swim. If it were a race, which it's not, I would have come in third overall, and third among men. Lori is currently fifth overall, and first among women. Go Lori!
The last two miles were actually some of the best I have swum in some time. I gave myself a bit of a break yesterday after doing the two miles in the morning. And I went to bed right after Megan which gave me a really good nights sleep.
Today I concentrated on widening my shoulders and creating a longer form in the water. As a result my stroke count went down by one, and I felt like I was in this slip stream moving through the water. It's times like that when I really wish the pool were longer.
I wanted to do something somewhat special for the last length of the last lap of the last mile. So I did that whole length with just one breath. I didn't think I could do that. Turns out I could and it was actually quite easy. My lung capacity has obviously gotten a lot better.
Man, if you had asked me a year ago if I would be able to swim 37.5 miles in a month (give or take), I would have never said yes to that. Even six months ago, when I struggled just to get across the pool once, I would have balked at such a notion.
But that's how it is I guess. The human body is an amazing thing in how it can adapt and change to meet the differing requirements we put on it.
Ah, well. Back to running and biking for a little while. I have to get a lot better at those, otherwise the tri-athlete thing is going to be more like uni-athlete.
Posted by jherr at February 7, 2007 08:12 AMCongratulations! It sounds like as much work as it was, you had a lot of fun with it too. Good luck in the tri-training.
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