Less Than 60 Days To Go

As the ticker to the left shows, we are now less than 60 days away from the triathlon. There have been some things going on recently which have gotten in the way of training. But yesterday we were back in the pool.

Coach Sue had me use "pool-boys," and that made things much easier. I was having no trouble breathing every 4th stroke, but I didn't feel like I could maintain that through 750 meters. So I tried switching to every other stroke, but I felt like I was breathing too fast. What I realized later was that when I run, I control my breathing through long exhales. So maybe I should actually breath every fourth: that will give me time for a long exhalation.

I experiemented with breathing every third stoke, which means breathing on alternate sides. But I was having all kinds of trouble breathing on the left; it just felt unnatural. Could this be a case where I've overthought this? If breathing every fourth was easy and felt natural, why couldn't I do it the whole time?

I hope the weather warms up enough to try an open-water swim soon. With my inexperience in the pool, making the turn at the wall throws off my whole rythym. I think I'll do much better when I can go 100 or so yards without having to worry about the wall.