Week 5: Leaky goggles and no lane lines

I've been a bit absent from my blog of late. I've been a bit busy changing jobs, rehearsing for the staged reading, and, well, training.

Last night's swim was interesting - good interesting. We swam without lane lines for the first time (which is good as there won't be any lane lines in Lake Nokomis this summer). The result: choppy water. This also was a good time to become aware of breathing techniques in choppy water which will decrease the amount of pool/lake water swallowed. My goggles also decided to leak. And by leak, I don't mean a little water at the bottom which is annoying but you can still see. I mean, I had to swim with my left eye closed which makes swimming without lane lines ever more adventurous. Eventually, my goggles decided to start working again and I moved up to a faster lane so I would be tapping everyone's feet every other lap to pass them.

I have a (not-so-secret-anymore) secret goal to keep moving up in the lanes so I keep pushing myself to go faster. I also keep hearing Coach Karl's voice (high school swim coach) in my head as I swim telling me not to breath on the first stroke coming out of a turn and to keep my head down for the last five yards.

I've started my bike search and will post more about that when I have a picture of my pretty new bike (hopefully, in the next few weeks).

We did a time trial last Saturday so we have a benchmark for our 1-mile. I ran it in 10 minutes. Not bad for a non-runner. I'd like to have it down to 8:30 by the time the race comes along. We'll see how that goes.

For the next few days, my focus is on Henry IV, part I and getting people to come see the performance. If you're not doing anything on Monday evening, come down to the Lowry Lab in St. Paul and enjoy a fantastic reading.

Namaste

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