Today I commenced my swimming training. The opportunity cost of the swim today being my regular Tuesday RPM session. I needed to assure myself I could swim!
Wow, Thorndon Pool at lunchtime: one word: Crowded. There were in principle three lanes available today to swim: Acqua jogging/slow, fast, and medium. There were in practice only two choices available for lane swimming at noon: fast and medium/ fast. I swim like I ride my bike. Although possibly comparatively, I swim a little faster than riding my bike. For a first up swim of the year I had to swim “fast” even though I was in the “medium” lane. One word: stress! It was getting a little aggressive at times. Not that I can’t get aggressive. I can get aggressive!!! However, I prefer not to get aggressive in the pool. That’s why RPM is good. It’s you and the bike. Get aggressive with youself and the machine, but it doesn't affect others when you are enclosed in a dark room. Not the congested highway of a swimming lane to contend with. Although the reality is that is how the Ocean swim will be. I think the Thorndon training answer may be to find a more suitable and relaxing time when it is not peak traffic time at the pool. Maybe if I catch the 6.00 am train, I could have a quick half hour swim, either before or after work, and fit in RPM. Maybe.
Anyway, Thorndon pool is 30 metres. I swam 30 lengths = 900 metres. Still deliberating on what distance I will enter for the 29th - 300m or 1000m. I think my rationale is you do actually need to swim twice the pool length in comparison to the sea length. My colleague suggested I will need a wetsuit for the Oceanswim. Probably a sensible suggestion. I don’t have a wetsuit, and certainly wont be spending money on buying one. I’ll just have to swim fast. I just said, I’ve got lots of bodyfat so I don’t need a wetsuit?!? Poor man, didn't quite know how to respond to that statement of fact.
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