The book and DVD on the Total Immersion swimming system came in today, so after tri practice was cancelled due to high winds and general "blah" I started working my way through the book. I've made it through the introduction and overview of the system, and just started getting into the drills. As it turns out, I know this system, as our Masters' swimming coach from this past winter was using many of the drills and methods outlined in the book. However, for me, it makes it click so much clearer in my head to read the descriptions and rationale behind the movements. I feel as though I could take to the pool tomorrow and start making new headway on improving my skills. Whether or not that actually translates is, of course, another story.
My workout plan for today was to go to St. Olaf lake with the tri group folks and do some swimming and running. Sadly, the wind was more than a little extreme, and Ann wisely (I think) cancelled. No matter how awesome I might think I am in the water (which is not very), the fact remains that my swimming skills are basic at best and my body composition changes have made my old standby of "take a deep breath and float" not work as well as it used to. Actually, it doesn't work very well at all, as I discovered to my chagrin at the pool last night. So, no workout this evening, which was okay as it allowed me to get caught up on some things that need to be done before my trip to Michigan.
Sadly, tomorrow doesn't look good, either, as T-storms are supposed to be moving in. I think I will try and get to bed early and wake up to run, or at least check and see if running is an option. I'm ready to start week 3 of the C25k program, and I was browsing through the rest of the weeks and started to get sort of excited about running again. I think it will go a lot smoother once I can actually put in what I consider to be a good workout. 30 minutes just doesn't cut it for me.
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