2000 yards. Those comfy padded goggles found a way to dig right into my nose today. The first two laps had one eye leaking, and the plastic on that side for the first time was poking into my nose. Not terrible, it beats some big guy's foot crashing into my face, so i'll write it … Continue reading Digging
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2000 yards. There is no clamor for lanes at LA Fitness on a Monday. By the time I'm 75% done, a few guys show up to swim, but they end up taking the lanes next to me. One guy swims with fins and a snorkel. Yes he goes faster than I do. I think mostly … Continue reading Monday doesn’t excite as many swimmers
2000 yards. I can't do this anymore. I cannot keep showing up and knowingly swim slow. It's not yielding any results, and I'm dreading the solo swim efforts more and more. If I sign up for a long race, I'll have to swim better than this. Being able to give away time in the water … Continue reading Take it serious, please
2000m No specific intervals or sets, this 40 laps means my lungs felt better than Wednesday. I used different older, scratched goggles because the eye socket suckers had given me a mild headache last time around. These were forgiving! I know swimming helps by giving me aerobic training and will tone parts of my body … Continue reading More of that we call wet