Monday, August 22, 2011

Heart Swim Class

I love my swim team class so much.  It's true I am the slowest person, in fact the woman who shares the lane with me is nearly twice as fast as I am, she has a bad shoulder and she wears a shirt.  I'd blame it on her youth but she has a good 10-20 years on me as well.  ha ha.  The men in the next lane over cream both of us, and they are in their early sixties.  So I have few visions of being the star of the Pierce College swim team for old adults, but everyone is SO nice and patient with me.  Today I learned how to do that somersault flip turn that I always mangle, but now that I learned to do it...it is SO MUCH FUN.  Maybe the funnest part of all of it ;)  After an hour of working hard, I'm still happy to do a quick ride or run after, so I think my training is really shaping up for the last few weeks!  Less than 5 weeks to the big day.

I'm so happy to be competing in a 5K run on Sept 11 to benefit Ovarian cancer research and awareness!  I haven't figured out how to link a charity to my tri yet, but I am going to!  I know there are ways.


My goal for the 5 K is to do it in just a little over 30 minutes (10 minute miles)  Should be not too hard, but I do start to burn after a couple miles running at that speed.  I think this will be a good goal and since the race is in Studio City it is comforting that we are several miles from any cold salt water and I wont be expected to immerse myself in it...just run on pavement.  VERY nice.  :)







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