Two things today.
First, a swimming update. Wednesday morning I went to the pool and (as promised) I just did drills. It think it was useful, but I’m not 100% sure. When I was doing the drills, I seemed to have a decent sense of what I was doing, but when I tried to actually swim, it turned out just like before. Well, not exactly; so that’s promising, but it’s going to take time. I suspect I need to focus on fewer things when I’m swimming, and to that end I’m going to swim next week with a pull buoy and see if that lets me think about my stroke without worrying about kicking to stay afloat.
Mostly though it was frustrating. I like swimming, even if I’m not as good at it as I would like. When I left the pool deck, I was reminded of George Lopez’s interview with Brian Wilson. The whole thing is enjoyable, but I was thinking of the part starting around 3:20.
I will let you know how it goes.
Now . . . to the future!
It snowed last week, which must mean that this season is decidedly over. Time to start thinking about 2012. While a lot can happen—it’s the future we’re talking about, after all—here are some of my goals for next year:
- Take some nordic ski lessons.
- Run the New Bedford Half Marathon or Around the Bay (30K) if it doesn’t conflict with Barcelona.
- Rock the Hopkinton sprint tri I did last May.
- Do the Nautica NYC Olympic-distance triathlon.
- Try an open-water swim race.
- Swim two miles at the reservoir.
- Figure out how to increase my red blood cell count and hematocrit, which are both anemic (literally).
- Take 25% off my swim time (i.e., swim 1 mile in 30:00).
- Ride from Williamstown to Milford (130 miles).
- Do a half-Ironman triathlon (maybe . . . probably . . . if I have time to train without making Lisa crazy).
- Climb Pikes Peak.
