Boo-yah!!!

Normally, I don't have enough time or energy to post during the week, but I'm on such a high that I figured a few minutes to type a post was necessary. And I'm not going to lie, I'm on cloud nine and feel like documenting the moment :)

Workday was long. Got alot done at work, but it was tiring. Legs were bothering me all day. Every time I got up to get something, I felt the soreness. Every time I sat on the toilet to pee, my hamstrings yelled out as I sat. (Yes, TMI) I was oddly more hungry today than normal. Decided to eat a Healthy Choice steamer around 4:00pm. I decided, since my legs were still pretty sore from the weekends events, that I'd skip my 3-5 mile easy run and just go straight to swim.

I arrived at swim around 5:45, went to the restroom, changed into my swim suit and went back to the car. I set my iPhone to go off at 6:55, rolled down the front windows and was OUT! The breeze was awesome and I was asleep. I never have problems falling asleep or sleeping. Alarm went off, even missed a call caues I was out, and went up to swim. Legs still felt pretty sore and thought that swim would be long and hard.

Chrissie had me and a few others in lane 1. Not because I was demoted, but that was the only lane doing the T1 exercise.

Long story short, I felt fine in the water after a few minutes. I was able to keep up and when we got to the 6 x 100's, gradually increasing speed, something wierd happened. Ever since I read Brandon Marsh's blog where he said, "To swim faster, you have to swim faster. To bike faster, you have to bike faster. To run faster, you have to run faster." I've used that as my new mantra. I say it all the time during training now. When it burns, when it hurts, when I don't think I can go any longer, I say this to myself. I used it tonight during swim class. To swim faster, I've got to swim faster. We got to the last 100, and gave it my all. Started out too fast on purpose and just for grins, thought I'd see how long I could hold it.

HOLY SHIT! 1:49. I remember in the beginning when I would swim 2:15 and slower thinking, how in the hell do these fools swim faster?? 2:00 was a goal. Broke that about a month ago, and that's always been my main goal. Get under 2:00 and I was having a good day. Slowly but surely, my goal keeps getting faster. Up until tonight, it was, "I wonder if I can break 1:55." I did. So I learned today, that no matter how long you do this stuff, it's always a learning experience. I thought with tired legs, that I might have needed an OFF day, but swimming was the best medicine. No more missing Monday night swims, it seemed to be a breath of fresh air for my legs.

My new mantra: To swim faster, you have to swim faster.... to ride faster, you have to ride faster... to run faster, you have to run faster. So simple, yet it works!