Swimming

If I didn't blog, did it really happen?
I swam this morning at 5:30. I have never joined a gym before & now I am one of those people who gets up at 5 to go to the gym.  Except it's too nice to work out in the gym (really, why would I take a spinning class when I have a perfectly good bike? Unless, of course, I wanted to learn how to spin yarn).

Swimming at 5:30 is good for me b/c I don't have to share a lane.  However, I also don't swim very straight at 5:30 in the morning.  I'm not sure if it was lack of food or carelessness or just general incompetence.  Those lane separators are painful.

Swimming is still quite boring--maybe if the laps were longer.  Or if I knew more strokes.  Or if I could listen to music while I was swimming....or not.

I can say that I think I'm up to 30 minutes of swimming, now.  I'm not exactly sure when I started--the clocks in the pool were different.

Training

In this new world of posting your entire life online with no privacy to speak of, it seems that maybe things don't happen if they aren't blogged about.
So, after learning to snowboard this winter, I've decided to participate in a triathlon this year.  Actually, no, I've decided to train for a triathlon. I can train, but I don't actually have to do anything.  I don't particularly like swimming & I especially don't like running.  I guess the triathlon will be a real challenge.
Yesterday was my first day. I woke up with a sense that I could bow out--it was my first (very heavy) day of Aunt Flo (love that euphemism)--but I knew if I started with the excuses, they would continue and I be talking about this years from now.
So...Monday I joined a gym--actually an "athletic club." First time I have ever joined a gym. In my life.  I kind of felt like I was going against my very nature of simplicity and non-organized exercise.  But I also knew that if I didn't go when the spirit moved me, I never would.  So I joined.  That made the decision on Tuesday to go swimming all the stronger--I'm paying, I've got to use it.
Technically, I could train for 2/3 of a triathlon w/o a gym membership, but I'd probably flounder in the water. This gives me motivation to get in the pool & practice. In fact, I surprised myself on Tuesday & didn't even flinch when  I got in the pool.
Granted, I only swam for 15 minutes (it was my first time), but I still felt good. I was thinking of swimming today, but the lanes were full & I'm not a good enough swimmer to share a lane. At least I know that about myself.
Today I rode a stationary bike for 30 minutes.  Boring. Even more boring than swimming. I must get out of that mentally & into the zone.  Maybe tomorrow.