Swimming how I love thee

So I have decided to post as often as I can.  I am thinking it will help me sort stuff out.  Whatever that stuff is.

So out for the swim in Britannia we go yesterday, my triathlon coworker Jill and Richard and Jill's friend.  Although Richard is a lot late.  I think we may have done 400m.  Not too sure.  I really should get out there with OTC and get my distance knowledge together. I can swim for hours in a pool, in open water it is different, but impossible for me to swim for a long stretch of time. I just have to allot the time to do it! 

It was a good swim, a little tough trying to determine if I was going straight, using the right form etc.  The only issue I had was my lead/leash for my wet suit kept hitting my hand and I thought I was trapped in weeds.  I love swimming, weeds I don’t love so much. It wasn't a horrifying swim, yet not one of my greatest either.  But then again I have neglected my training for a while.

So as I sausaged myself into the wet suit, I was wondering how much motion I was going to get with the sleeves.  It felt tight.  Then I dipped into the water and magically I shrunk! I could pull the legs down to the right length.  Zipping up was a breeze.  I don’t have long hair to get in the way and surprisingly, my back fat choose to stay tucked in. 

Getting out of the suit was not nearly as complicated as I thought.  Pull the lead down and poof I was opened.  Thanks to Brent for the tips on how to get out.  The only thing I should not have done was try to get out of the wetsuit in the water.  I did it because I didn’t want pebbles in my suit.  We just bought the suit, I didn’t want to risk a little tear into it before its first race. And sadly (or thankfully) nobody was recording

So I am thinking about a swim on Saturday at the same location as a warm up or maybe just going to the local pool. Weather and courage permitting.

I love the water, I feel so refreshed and alive in the water, except for the weeds, they creep me out, but I can swim through them.  If only I could find a triathlon where you swim 1500m and bike 1K and run 10K.  Now that would be an awesome tri!