The best thing that has happened in my training, thus far, is discovering the breaststroke. I am horrible at freestyle swimming, and would inevitably end up doing some skewed version of the backstroke so I could catch my breath. I needed a stroke that would make sighting easy, but also allow me to breathe. HEL-LO breaststroke! Swam 1000 meters, 1000 meters! That's .62 miles! IN 30 MINUTES! The longest I've even swam (swum? swimmed?) before was in my Sprint triathlon when I swam .25 miles in 12 minutes in the ocean.
Man, yesterday's swim put my training in a whole new light. Suddenly, IronMan seems possible, attainable, and I can't wait to get back in the pool tomorrow to see what I can do!
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