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Swim Take 2

10-30-16
The pool opens at 8am on Sundays and I was in the water by 8:20am. While my goggles and swim cap wouldn’t come in until later today, I had decided to go ahead and try. I was actually able to swim a few more back and forths, even though I would switch strokes every time I turned around. My breast stroke right now isn’t that bad. (lol) I watched youtoube videos about swimming the other night. So I learned a bit about how to move my arms in the water, how to blow water out and breathe correctly, and how to keep my legs from sinking while moving forward. Overall really helpful. 

I looked up how big the pool I’m swimming in is and I think it’s 25 meters, so half sized? Which means I will at some point get really good at the flip turns! Hah, positive side.


I’ve realized I’ll have to literally not buy any clothes or THINGS that aren’t necessary while training because all my spending $ needs to go towards tri equipment. One of my fitness goals had been to get under 150 ( I’m 6 foot) and as a reward, I would get some of those very trendy and so cute booties. (I want a pair of tan or light grey ones with a very short stacked heel, in case you were wondering). I told Amy P. while running the other night and she encouraged me to readjust my goals to be more fitness oriented, instead of numbers based.  She knows me pretty well and knows it’s easy for me to get obsessed with numbers. So currently I’m going to think about a good swimming goal so I can get my booties before it’s too late to wear them!

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