After yesterday's successes I thought today would build upon it, but that was not the case in two ways.
First, I arrived early at Honeysuckle Beach so I could run the Hayden Sprint 5k route and see how much better that I was than a few weeks ago. I had not had any breakfast.
I ran solid the whole 5k without stopping but my watch at the end said 26 minutes and 30 seconds.
During the Hayden Triathlon race I ran it in 26:34 maybe with some adrenalin flowing.
I thought that I would have improved to at least to 25 minutes for the route. Not so. Only 4 seconds.
Second, Derek gave me my second swim lesson at the beach and I couldn't swim worth a darn. Apparently you use your core muscles in running and if you swim right after that you style, strength, and breathing are not relaxed. That is for sure the case today.
Derek thought I had improved a lot since our first swim lesson. He taught me how to rest on my back, sight down the course, and told me to keep my head down like Gloria suggested.
He said I would know by next Wednesday if I was ready for the Olympic or the Scenic Sprint. If I could go 250 yards without stopping and rest on my back, then go another 250 etc. I would be ready for the Olympic, if not I should do the sprint.
We talked about Derek's Dad named Frank and how well he was doing for his age now. 1:23 for the Hayden Sprint which is excellent for a 50+ year old. His Dad has worked on it for 3-4 years. I believe that the title of my handout for the Hayden Tri will be "Persistance" and the title of my talk to the CDA Chamber of Commerce will be "No Instant Stardom Here". I can learn a lot from him and plan to call and talk with him.
I am glad things are clicking into place but it takes persistance and hard work to be at your best even for a sprint distance.
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