Tuesday morning was my first official swim in preparation for my triathlon in August. I met the other ladies from work at the pool where we had rented a lane. It was a great hour of water fun!! I learned that my arm form isn't as terrible as I thought but that my legs don't propel me as well as I expected.
We started off with some instruction from our friend who has done a few triathlons and swims several mornings a week. She gave us some pointers and made suggestions on where to start. The biggest thing I knew I needed to work on would be getting my face in the water. She suggested we start with a flutter board and some kicking to see where we were. I learned very quickly that I am not an efficient kicker. To the point that despite some mad kicking I was hardly moving at one point. I am hoping it was in part my legs refusing to work after Monday's run.
The next thing she suggested was putting a pull bouy between our legs and using just our arms. Turns out this is something I am much better at. Not necessarily good at, but better. I was able to make it back and forth a few times without incident. I even managed to get my face in the water quite a bit. I panicked a couple times and got water up my nose but made it at least half way up the pool with my face in the water more than once. That is a huge accomplishment.
Finally we practiced side swimming(probably not the right term) this I felt pretty good doing. I ran into the rope and the wall a little bit but nothing terrible.
The thing I learned most that day was timing of breakfast is super important. I ate too close to the start and spent a large amount of time with terrible heartburn. I pushed through but there were definitely moments I wanted to quit and cry because it was so uncomfortable. The heartburn started the night before a little and continued for the next day or so. It's all better now though and I am ready to get back in the pool again!! Lots of lane swimming is available at the Y tomorrow so perhaps I will take a trip over in the morning.
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