Swim lessons completed over the summer have given me the confidence to participate in a group Stroke Improvement class on Sunday evenings. Thankfully they also gave me the skill to make the cut to the half of the class that was better (relatively speaking) of the swimmers. While the classes thus far have been repetitive of my lessons there has been one new dreaded element. . .the flip turn. Urgh . . .never in my life have I gotten so much water up my nose. Chemical filled water inhaled through my nose to the point that I thought fresh air smelled funny over an hour and a half later AFTER taking a shower. I kept telling Dave it smelled funny outside with the windows open at home and he just kept looking at me like I was nuts. I think my nose still hurts some more than 24 hrs later. Definitely need to work on breathing hard for long enough out my nose. Thankfully, the second half of the class was an introduction to breast stroke which I had already learned in my lessons and which is my best stroke. I'm hoping by the time my swim classes advance to triathlon skills that small freestyle breaks utilizing breast stroke is a legitimate buoy sighting technique.
The plan is to focus on swimming and strength training for a few weeks to give my knees a break prior to what I hope is a 6th season with DFMC. I've spent this evening reading my blog from last season and despite the bad race day I am proud of the journey in both fundraising, training, and personal development through interactions with my DFMC teammates. I'm looking forward to a chance to continue the journey if the DFMC board permits and hopefully . . .FINALY reach my $7500 goal. Closest so far a little over $7200 and a little under $7K last year. Like my dad says close is for horseshoes and hand grenades. But between you and me . . . I think he cheats at horseshoes. :-)
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