I have to thank Dave Halloran, a great and enthusiastic runner and supporter of lots of the stuff I've gotten myself involved in. He was one of the first to provide ideas for Teens Run Yonkers and frequent sounding board for ideas for the organization - and if memory serves - a big part of coming up with the name Teens Run Yonkers. I always want to give credit where it's due....
Anyway, after my post yesterday where I semi-jokingly mentioned my semi-triathalon, Dave suggested trying a Sprint Triathalon. I think the bug has been planted. I woke up this morning kind of determined to both try the swimming thing again. The way my day evolved, it turned out I only had about an hour to work-out so I tried my own little version of an indoor sprint; I jumped on the tmill for a two mile run; hit the stationary bike for a 5 mile bike ride (I know it's supposed to be a ten but didn't have the time) and then jumped in the pool and did my version of swimming for a bit over 15 minutes. I was pleasantly surprised that I felt the smallest bit better on the swim thing than yesterday. It's really amazing how difficult a simple thing like breathing can be under different circumstances. Like being underwater. Given that I've been listening to a ton of Mat Kearney - if you haven't heard of him, think of Chris Martin/Coldplay but playing stuff on an acoustic guitar with an occasional rap mixed in - I've been thinking of one of his songs. He has an awesome song called Breathe In Breathe Out. Sound fairly instructional right?
So, I'm definitely thinking .25 mile swim/10 mile bike and a 2 mile run - definitely doable if I can just get the swimming thing to an adequate place. And I don't think I have to separate it from training for a marathon as this is just all good cross training.
And speaking of pools, as a trivia point, there are at least two episodes that have to do broadly with swimming - identify them. Hint: they don't necessarily have to do with a pool.
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