Today was a good low key swim; faster than the previous two days, and I think I will be able to make the cutoff time if I keep this pace up. I communed with the fishes today - saw a lot of them as I was swimming - various shapes, mostly around the size of my hand. As I went stroke by stroke I saw that
they didn't swim away as I swam above them. Kind of nice. No matter what, I will finish that swim. Hopefully I will also be able to make the cutoff time in order to continue.
I realized today that I was not afraid of the dark waters. I also accepted that I have to breathe after every stroke; interspered with some 3 stroke breaths. I can't swim as if I was fitter or a better swimmer, so accepting this makes things easier. There were not too many negative thoughts today - in fact I don't really think I had any!
The next time I swim will be a the Saturday swim clinic they will be having at the triathlon site. I have to revisit running a little to keep my joints lubed this week as well as biking.
Curious about the course? Here are links to the swim/bike and run maps of the Beltzville Dam Reservoir:
Swim Map
Bike Map
Run Map
This is a link to the website itself: Black Bear Triathlon
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