Swimming
Well, here it is, another few months, another update. You can see this blog gives you right up to the minute info! ;)Since I last posted, I found myself involved in a masters' swim group. It was a slippery day, and I'd been in the Y for my run. Afterward, I saw a sign announcing that a masters' swim group was being formed. Without too much thought, I whipped out my pen and signed the list...with a question mark after my name, my one hedge. Later, I called the coach to get more information, to see if I was crazy for doing this, to see if everyone else was a super-competitive former college swimmer or experienced triathlete. Would someone who knew how to swim and had some running fitness be able to fit in? I was assured that I should be fine.
On the first day, wobbling out after 2000 yards, I wondered. But then as the weeks went on, I found I had more endurance, could swim a little faster (not to keep up with the real competitors, but feeling there was improvement.
And then, as it turned out, I had the chance to tell my story in the News of Delaware County. Here's a link to the March 16 article: http://tinyurl.com/58mae.
It happened that I'd asked the sports editor about another article, but told him that if that didn't work for him, I had recently started swimming with a local masters' group and perhaps he'd be interested in such an article. As it turned out, he was.
My original reason for joining the group was to help my running--it's done that and more! I enjoy both sports for themselves and notice that they seem to feed into each other. When I swim, especially the longer repeats, I notice that my running endurance makes a difference. Lately, I am faster with the kickboard, even passing someone I could never pass before. (But never mind. She keeps me humble when it comes to the rest of the workout.)
And I seem to recover faster from long runs and interval workouts, get less sore, have more stamina. All good! The next entry will give you an idea of how good.
posted by DPMcManus @ 2:39 PM
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