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11-3-16.
Rain, rain, come and stay! Woke up at 4:30am to the sounds of rain. Man, was it hard to get up! Especially since it’s soooo dark at that time anyway. Some how Razzle and I managed to get up and get moving. I was slow this morning, but part of it was knowing that I don’t have to leave for work until 9am. Normally I need to leave at 7 or 7:30am so this is quite the treat. Why didn’t I sleep in? That’s easy- MAMA’S GOT GOALS. It would have been super easy to roll over and conk out for a few more hours, and knowing that I’m going for a run this evening could have covered my exercise, but I don’t want to half ass this. I’m blessed with this beautiful time of life where I can get up, do my thing and carry on. When babies or other life changes come along, it gets harder (I’ve heard ;) ).

Got in the pool about 5:45am and true to form, didn’t bother with a warm up. Right now, what some swimmers consider a warm up, is really the bulk of my workout! Hah. I’m gettin’ there. But today I was able to consistently swim, while alternating strokes, for about 12 minutes! Man, my pulse was sky rocketing but I got it done! The Lifetime Tri has a 10 minute swim so that was my 1st goal, to at least be able to stay afloat for 10 minutes! Boom. Check. Goal number 2 will be to perform a decent freestroke the whole time! Goal 3 will be to do it relatively quickly. 

I’m still not able to keep my face underwater while swimming and do the blow out your nose thing. I pretty much drown. So I’ve been swimming in a water polo type style with my head out. I’m worried this will cause me some neck issues as it really jacks up the swimming alignment. Youtube time!!


I did 30 minutes of work before calling it. *monthly visitor and all* This was also my first time swimming two days in a row. I can’t complain! Breakfast after shower was instant oats with raisins, chia seeds, brown sugar and a splash of heavy cream! Noms. BTW- anyone got suggestions for shampoo/conditioner for swimmers?

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