you know how a really hard speed workout can leave you gasping for breath? and your lungs and legs just burn? that's what swimming is like for me. only my arms and my abs burn too. i was beyond wiped after my lesson today. and i was ravenous. the kind of hungry that only happens after swimming. what's up with that?
i didn't keep track of my laps on my watch, but i did in my head, i think:
2 x freestyle kick with the board warmup
4 or 6 x (i can't remember) butterfly kick with the board (my favorite!)
2 x breaststroke kick with the board (my nemesis) i swear at some point i was moving sideways not forward)
4 or 6 x freestyle
2 x freestyle kick with board cooldown
so on the low end, i swam a mere 350 meters! with breaks! that's less than a quarter of the distance i need to swim for my aquathon! and i'm supposed to run a 10k after too?!
19 weeks better be enough time to train for something like this...
4 comments:
Good for you!!! Don't beat yourself up, it was just your first lesson...I admire you for taking this on. Swimming is the reason I will never do a duathlon or a triathlon - I just can't do it.
Keep it up!
oh girl, i feel for you. I'm there with you, trying to learn how to swim like a fish instead of a barge. I think we should get medals for not drowning.
I agree - swimming makes me ravenous.
Way to kick ass on your workouts!! Two in a row? You've got me beat by, uh...two. I suck. :)
Oh, swimming makes me CRAZY hungry! Love it!
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