I took most of December off from swimming to regroup, eat, drink, eat, celebrate the holidays…did I mention eat?
Well, yesterday was my first official day back in the pool and the start of my training for 2015. You can imagine my surprise when I arrived to find the pool was set for Long Course Meters rather then short course yards! I did what any swimmer would have done…I relied on a friend (Amy Taylor thank you very much) to rearrange my sets to fit into Long Course and push me along.
I always think a break is such a good idea…no, a great idea…until I get to the first 100 after the hiatus and feel like I hit a brick wall. I know every stroke will get a bit easier, and in no time, I will feel like I am back in the groove…but boy is it hard. My goals for this 2015 training are: lose the weight I found in 2014 while training for Catalina, eat better, add more sculling into my workouts, lift free weights more and dare I say it…run a bit as part of my dryland. I am excited and nervous for the 8 bridges Hudson swim and Manhattan Island Marathon Swim, but I look forward to the journey. I’m up for the challenge these two swims will bring, and I cannot wait to see what crazy special characters I will be adding to this chapter.