Strokin'

This morning's swim almost makes up for the disappointing story of my ride from Saturday.

We swam about 1250. That's 250 more than the race. To be race ready, you need to exceed the distance of the race (cause you have to do two other things). So I'm pretty happy.

I also had moments where I actually got the stroke right. Some laps were 20/22 or so. Some laps were a solid 28, don't get me wrong.

And I probably took more breaks than I should.

And we were swimming in a neat little line.

Real tri swimming is in a pack with arms and legs and feet flailing everywhere in open water. Toward a buoy. I have this nightmare about going off track and in the wrong direction, or of someone breaking my nose. A broken nose would totally take me out of the race.

But for now, today, I swam 1250. WOO HOO!