Interesting....

I was just looking at my stats from the tri again and I found it interesting that apparently the swim is my strongest of the three disciplines....that's just crazy. I can't swim! I didn't even learn to swim with my face in the water until this year, (thank you CWW!) but the stat's seem to say it all

Swim finished 335 out of 539
Bike finished 437 out of 539
Run finished 518 out of 539

Well maybe I can swim!

And certainly is clear where I need work too!

Now that was nice!

As if to make up for the awful run yesterday, today's swim was absolutely fantastic! Bar none the best swim I have evah had, EVAH! We swam outside and I debated long and hard if I was really ready for that. It was pretty overcast and maybe 50 degrees when I left home. But by the time I got to Boulder the sun was out. While still very sceptical, I was there and I was swimming. The water was fantastic! Not only that but all of my swimming just seemed to come together. Not that I still don't have a long way to go but I just felt really good. after we warmed up we did
3 x 100 swimming out any style and back freestyle
then for speed we did
1 x 400 (time 11:40)
1 x 200
1 x 100
1 x 50
trying to improve our speed each time. My 50 came in at 1:10 I think which is fantastic for me!

This is really the first time I had no problems inhaling water. I really had no idea that I could swim that much freestyle. I'm just thrilled with myself. And as I said the water was so nice, the temp and it didn't have near the chlorine in it that I've become used to. I'm just so excited about my swimming progress! Can you say WooHoo!!!

Swimming

Wow! Can't believe I haven't been in here to update! Had my swim assessment which placed me at lower intermediate. Basically I'm slow and couldn't swim 200 yards of straight freestyle. :) Also had my first swim practice in which we did drills. I really enjoyed it, although it was pretty tough. I can see that without a doubt my swimming will improve by leaps and bounds! Which I find very exciting. It's pretty funny too I find I'm becoming a dirty old lady... we swim at CU and oh my all those cute young college guys running around! Makes it easier to go and exercise! :) Plan to swim tomorrow and hopefully on Sunday too. Busy getting ready for vacation too! I can't wait!