So I did a long swim today. It didn't go too badly. I went to Big Stacy pool which is 33 meters long instead of 25. I like to swim there because it is a little harder mentally as I feel like I am going so slow because it takes me longer to get from one end to the other. I did 7000 meters which is about 4.35 miles. So I made it across the bay at least in a pool. I have to say I hit my wall at about 1200m from the end but I kept going which was really fricken hard. I finally feel like I might be able to finish. I realized why I like swimming, which is nice to realize when you have a lot of it to do. I love repetitive things. They are very calming to me. Knitting, tatting, repeatedly head butting my husband.... Well swimming is like that, stroke after stroke the same. The sound of the water, the sound of your breathing, it is all calming to me once I find that rhythm. I also love the feel on my back of the water line repeatedly going from one side to the other as I roll. The sun on my back is fairly nice too. I'm lucky to live in Texas where I have been able to swim outside since March. I ate a power bar and two gels before I swam and my stomach was fine so I guess I will do that again. I also had chocolate milk as soon as I got to my car and a bagel and banana a peanut butter as soon as I got home and I'm really feeling ok. I'm guessing no one is actually going to read this because if you are reading it it must be very boring. Anyway I have the CapTexTri next Monday so I guess I should start thinking about that. That is going to be a rough day. I've only done one long bike ride and one long run. The run plan is to run .5 a mile, walk .5 a mile and run the finish. We'll see what happens. I will hopefully post pictures of The Rookie soon.
Time for sleep.