"Oye, the Schvimming"

Yep, the swimming still proves to be a study, but I'm getting there. Little by little I feel stronger and more confident in the water, but I really need to start kicking it up a notch or I'm not gonna make the October 4th deadline. I'm feeling a bit behind the eight ball right now. Need to get to the Belmont Plaza pool this week and get some laps in.

Psychologically, though, I'm feeling good, and I feel exceptionally good after I finish a hard workout knowing I've put my best effort out there. Very empowering. Weird that I'll have to give myself the "big talk" to get out there and do it but then after I do I feel so much better. You'd think that "high" would stay with me or, at the very least, be readily available the next time I was in an unmotivated place.

And I headed to the hills of El Moro Canyon with my bike on Sunday morning only to be blown away by them. Covered 5.27 miles, and I thought my heart was going to pound right out of my chest. Looks like I need to start kicking some butt on the bike just like in swimming.





Come this weekend, think I'll swim on Friday morning at the pool so I can bike both Saturday and Sunday. This week, though, I'm gonna head up to Pasadena. Learned of a place to go in the hills above JPL where there's free parking. The cost to park and have access to El Moro was ten bucks. A bit steep for me to go both Saturday and Sunday mornings.