Week 10

post 1:
last night i ran 1.5 minutes instead of just 1 minute on the run part. i know it's no big deal but it was alot to me. i was able to do it although my heart rate did get up to 180 near the end. my left shin started bothering me after 30 min so i went back down to 1 minute. not sure what was up with that. it wasn't sore afterwards. baby steps . . .

Total Time: 77 min
Total Kcal: 7811

post 2:
so i swam for the first time in probably 20 years tonight. it. was not. pretty. not for the lifeguards watching, nor the parents observing, nor the children playing. flailing and thrashing about is an understatement. i knew it was going to be hard but was suprised at just how difficult it was. god! how did i ever swim as a child? i couldn't get enough air when turning my head so by the time i got 3/4th of the way down the length i was completely out of breath. my arms, which seemed to start out so strong from the wall, by the middle of the lane were just splashing around ineffectively. my back end seemed to disappear under the water. i had to stop for a minute or so after completing each length to catch my breath and mentally prepare myself to continue. also, right after starting and somewhere in the middle i felt light headed and a little disoriented. strange. when i got home i went online to read up on freestyle and i was very surprised about all what goes into it. it's actually very complicated to get right. i had no idea it was so difficult. i'm going to get some private lessons from the YMCA next week. i figure it's better to do this sooner than later.

my upper body is sore today, specifically my shoulders. feels like i wrenched one of them. sigh.

what i saw: on my way out i asked the girl at the desk what the length of the pool was. i thought it was 25 yards but i wanted to make sure. it didn't seem to be marked anywhere.

me: what is the length of the pool?
her: ummmm . . . 25 . . . either meters or liters
me: i'm pretty sure it's not liters
her: oh, haahahaha yeah right . . . meters then. i knew it was 25 something.