So proud of myself. This past weekend I ran 4 miles on Saturday and 3.9 on Sunday with Barb and her friend. Then went swimming for an hour after running on Sunday. I may not be an athlete, but I'm back on track with working out!
Barb, her friend Joy and I have started our own run club. It will be on Saturdays (just this past weekend we had it on Sunday because the PT could not decide if he was going to race in Tucson or not W-E). I had the brilliant idea to maybe start charging for the "run club" and will promise not to ignore anyone who joins. Thats what happened to Barb and I when we would go to the Sole Sports run club on Saturdays so we have decided to launch our own- So There!
I also have become a personal swim coach to one of the girls at work. This newly appointed position was created on Sunday when I met Heidi at LifeTime Fitness to sign her up and start swim training for our Triathlon.
First of all, its always very awkward to have to undress (mind you we were already wearing our swim suits) in front of people but with a co-worker whom you respect is awkward times 10. After we (ok I) got over hurdle #1 we walked around grabbing the kickboards, pullys and stood by the edge of the pool lanes. I started off by saying "lets warm up with a 200 free, 200 kick and 200 pull and see how we feel if we want to do sprints or anything else". She just looked at me and then told me that she read an article on how to swim and it said how you should bend your elbows and reach in the water and to keep your legs straight as you kick etc. etc. etc. I let her go on for about 2 minutes until I had to stop her and say "not to interrupt or be rude, but I swam competitively pretty much all my life- do you know how to swim?" She said "well yeah" Then we both jumped in the water and started swimming.
We swam 2 laps and Heidi stopped me and asked "why does it look like you just glide in the water and I feel like I'm drowning?" I said "swim for me, let me see what you are doing." She swam, stopped and asked "what am I doing wrong." I said "I'm going to be honest there are a few things going on that shouldnt be" So there it started I spent the entire hour teaching Heidi how to swim freestyle more efficiently and I have to admit I am a pretty damn good teacher, she looked 100% better after my advice- we still have a little way to go!
I think the best part was when we were both kickboarding and she was kicking the hardest she could, but she wasnt moving forward, she just got stuck in one spot. I went ahead of her and she was yelling to me to help her. I waded back to her and sure enough, she was kicking as hard as she could and was NOT moving. I finally said "by the law of physics there is no way this is possible" we just laughed hysterically and then continued our training.
Last night we did Insanity and today I get to be a swim coach tonight again- which I do have to say I love it!
Keep on running, biking, swimming- what ever you enjoy to keep yourself motivated and working out!
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