Its a battlefield out there!

Last night I had my midpoint in training swim assessment, 750m, or 15 full laps.

There were quite a few people being assessed, and the lane was packed- bumper to bumper swimmers. It was really difficult to get my rhythm down, and with that many people, I was really getting some water sloshed in the mouth when I was breathing. Welcome to what a triathlon will feel like, except nobody was pawing over drowning me.

At one point, another swimmer jumped in the lane in front of me- and was the slowest ever. Now, I know I'm not a fast swimmer- far from claiming to be. But after following for about 4 laps (and stalling at the wall a bit- which is bad etiquette) I could not possibly swim that slow and hold my form. No matter how much lead I gave, I still ended up swimming on their feet.

I was so frustrated, I passed in the middle of a lap- also BAD etiquette, and a BAD idea... I pushed pretty hard to pull past him, which was a success! But, it burnt me out pretty good for a couple laps after that. Ah well, now I know.

Fortunately many of the swimmers were assessing for a shorter race- and only doing 400m, so about half-way through they cleared out.

I managed to do 90% of the assessment freestyle (front crawl) and only back-stroked for a recovery for about two lengths. Not bad, for me.

I'm excited to say, despite all my fretting about the assessment I did fine! Needed a bit of recovery after, and keeping up with the crowd for the rest of practice was a bit of a struggle on tired arms, but its a huge accomplishment, and just more fuel for my fire to keep on working hard- its paying off!

I'm sad to say I didn't time it, so I don't have a good sense of my speed on the swim yet, but the point is- I'm having a good time.


Thanks to...
Sarah L
Don S
Karen & Doug S.

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Group Fundraising Ideas
I'm sad to say I have had three corporate sponsored fundraising ideas shot down, and one for my Team in Training mentor group canceled. I think the economy is getting the better of some companies that would otherwise be able to support my organization. If you have any great ideas about a group idea I could do in my community or at work, please let me know!