Tuesday morning I went to the KROC Center and went into the cove pool. I practiced going up and down in the water breathing and then a little bit forward and finally swam 4 lengths of the pool stopping each time to rest and get psyched up to do another length. I only choked on water once and felt pretty good that I swam the entire lengths in the crawl stroke.
Wednesday afternoon I went to the KROC Center and went to the competitive pool this time. I swam 8 lengths of the pool, stopping each time at the end of the pool and resting. I did not choke in the water once.
Thursday I went down to Hayden Lake and swam between docks. I swam the length of the CDA Sprint triathlon which is 500 yards. This is how I did it:
80 yards crawl then stop and tred water then the final 20
75 yards crawl then stop and tred water then the final 25
75 yards crawl then stop and tred water then the final 25
75 yards craw then stop and tred water than the final 25
50 yards crawl stop and tred then the final 50.
Not once did I choke and feel threatened about breathing, in fact, I didn't have to concentrate so much on breathing.
I am now finding out that it is my body core and arm strength that is holding me back, plus figuring out how to get my bearings in the water especially if I am swimming in the direction of the sun.
Maybe there is hope for me swimming after all.
I also biked 4 miles today to get to where I was swimming and ran a mile up and down hills, plus did a few push ups. My weight 157.6. Almost at my goal of 155.
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