Here fishie fishie!

So, I think I must be growing gills. I can swim and swim and swim and swim. I've always loved the water, never been scared of it. Some people have trouble relaxing in the water, but in the water is where I'm the most relaxed. I'm part fish I think.

Tonight I swam 2700meters in the pool. Took me 53 minutes. And the last 200 meters was cool down at a pretty slow ( for me ) pace. 2500meters was done at just over 48 minutes. Not exhausted or overly tired when I was done either. This bodes well for my next race I think. That distance is only 1500meters, so I can step up the pace a bit even more I think.

I do need to think about getting a wetsuit though. Not so much because of water temps ( it's projected to be in mid 70's at the race ), but because I have a problem with sinking! I have to swim at a bit of an upward angle because otherwise I sink to the bottom. The additional buoancy from a wetsuit will help with that, and I should be able to drop my swim times even further. Yay! More gear/toys! :)

This is my last 'long' swim of the season I think, as I'm going into my taper for the races coming up in Sept 11th and Sept 26th. Then I'll drop into 'off-season' mode for a bit, let my body recover from everything I've put it through to go from moderately ok shape to doing 2 sprint and 2 olympic triathlons this year ( and a couple 5k and 10k races too! ). It certainly has taken it's toll.

But then I'll start building my endurance base again probably around mid-November or so, as one of my goals for next race season is to break 6 hours in a 1/2 Ironman ( 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, 1/2 marathon run ).