Well today was kind of a fun and busy training day. While I'm still trying to play it safe and think of this as a recovery week, I pushed it just the smallest bit today and enjoyed myself. I started off this morning with a nice 45 minute bike ride - about 11 miles.
Then, since I keep hearing how good swimming is for you, I went to the New York Sports Club (they're everywhere - they're everywhere!) to give my new membership a try. I'm lucky as I live near one of their few clubs with a pool. Having never been much of a swimmer, I wasn't really sure what to expect. What I most didn't expect was having to wear a bathing cap! Keep in mind, most of my outings to pools in the last 10 years have either been laying near them with a drink and/or getting in them, ducking my head underwater and getting out. So actually swimming??? Really? I decided to go easy on myself and made the commitment that I would stay in the water and move forward (in some fashion the that involved my hands and feet) for at least 20 minutes. Let, me tell you - this was hard! I was fortunate that there was a kindly lifeguard/swim instructor who provided a few tips and suggestions regarding kicks, strokes, etc. IN the end, I stuck it out for a whole 30 minutes which ended with a good feeling of exhaustion. Definitely something good to mix it up with and get better with.
I also had a really fun run with our Teens Run Yonkers group. I actually forgot my watch - it was incredibly liberating to just run and not bother worrying. I was actually finding myself moving at a really good pace and for some reason, my legs were feeling great- maybe with the 3 milers, there's an overall feeling of rest giving me back a little bit. Anyway, a really nice 3 mile run with this great group of students. The whole no-watch thing definitely as it's merits
So I guess you could say that was my first semi? Triathalon; 11 miles of biking, 20 minutes of swimming and a 3 mile run. There you go. I'll take it- and yes, I'm definitely thinking about it now but have to get the swimming thing right first?
On one final sad note, Ian Abercrombie who player Mr. Pitt on Seinfeld passed today at age 77. Here's a note about it:http://news.yahoo.com/actor-mr-pitt-seinfeld-dies-77-004906820.html. We'll return to the fun and funny stuff tomorrow and remember him today.
Hey Robert - Great minds think alike, I did two sort of - triathlon's this week too - today I did a 5.5 mile run, then 8.1 miles on a stationary bike at the Y and a 400 meter swim. I have a reason for adding biking and swimming to my routine - I signed up for a "Sprint Tri" in August. I'll need to get my 40 year old bike that's been hanging im my garage for 25 years fixed before I can actually train on the streets :)
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