Tuesday, May 1, 2012

I Hate Swimming...


or at least I did this morning. My plan called for a 2600 yd swim. I was pumped to do it last night. Actually looking forward to it, but then after some early morning work calls (like 3AM early), it pushed me waking up a little later, which meant I got to the pool a little later and set me up for a crap swim.

I got to the pool and I started my swim. After about 10 laps, I just didn't want to swim anymore. So I stopped at the wall after about 600 yards. I was really trying to figure out a way to break up the swim by maybe doing some 250's, or 100's, but nothing seem to get me excited about swimming. I really did not want to log a 600 yard swim, so I decided to man up and give it another go. I felt strong in the pool. It wasn't a problem of being too tired physically, I just didn't want to be there. So I stopped at 1000 yds and headed to the locker room.

So all day I have been wondering what my deal was? One thing I thought might have contributed to my apathy was that I have almost swam as many yards this year as I did last year! In 2011, I swam  84,992 yards and in 4 months of 2012, I have already swam 67, 831 yards, which does explain my swim time improvements. I still have about 2 more weeks of good training, then a taper week, then my Olympic Tri. After that, I start training for my HIM in Sept, so I know I will crush 2011 numbers in the water!

I think that we all have days where we hate a certain discipline of triathlon. I have had spells where I hate to run, or where I hate to bike, today it just happen to be swimming. I really questioned if I should just have made this a mental toughness thing and somehow squeaked out another 1600 yards, but that's not "Bringing It" is it? Remember how I vowed to "Bring it" every work out and all that "Fear The Hat" crap??? Sometimes, I think it is best to know when to not force something, that it is OK to shut it down once in awhile. Now, if this continues, then I have problems, but I have been very close to my training schedule and I have been flexible when I had to be.

I feel like I am in the best shape of my life at 40! (Still no six pack either), and I know that I could go out right now and PR my Olympic triathlon. My confidence is high, so I am just going to count it up as one of those days. My next swim is scheduled for Thursday, it is going to be 2100 yards. I will Bring it!

10 comments:

  1. You and me both, brother! Remember when 1000 yards was a long swim? That's right...now it's easy. That's great!

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    1. Excellent Point! I remember thinking a 300 yd swim was great!

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  2. I was surprised to see you hated a swim since your times have been improving significantly. I think scrapping a workout when you aren't feeling it is a good call.

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    1. I think it was just one of those days Mike!

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  3. I think we all have days like that. My run this morning sucked. and I thought I hated running

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    1. I usually go through a spell where I hate each discipline in Tris. I have already gone through the I hate running phase! Luckily, they never last too long.

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  4. I finally got back to swimming yesterday and it was hard! I did 1000 yards also but only because my body was like "WTF!"

    Great job on your swimming mileage! One day is not going to hurt you at all!

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    1. Great job getting back in the pool, I think one can lose swim fitness faster than anything else! And like Ashley said above, one day a 1000 yard swim will just be a warmup!

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  5. yeah swimming blows. It is the warmup before our race starts!

    Hey, the wife and her friends signed up for Memphis St Jude's marathon yesterday.
    I am going but not sure if I will sherpa or race yet. IT is sort of in a crappy location on my upcoming race schedule.

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    1. Run it with me, I know I am nowhere near your pace, it would be like a training run for you! I have to beat 6 hours! LOL Either way, we need to get together sometime that weekend!

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