Wednesday Workout Update - Mishmash Style

My pool buddy Nancy had the audacity to take a couple of days off this week, which meant I was all alone with no one to chat with.  (everyone:  awww!)  I know.  Quite sad.  Anyway, it also meant that I didn't get to mindlessly kick board like I do with her (she's cooling down and I'm warming up), so I did a quick 20 lengths and then started in on my combination back and side stroke for 50 lengths.  Now, it was Monday, and I'd had two days off so I was feeling really fresh.  I decided that I'd go for 60 lengths.  Plus, that way I'd only have 20 more kick board to do (I always do a total of 100 lengths (or 50 laps) every workout).  So I did, and felt fine.  Huh.  I got to thinking about when I first started swimming...back then, I threw in 10 lengths of kick board after every 20 lengths of side or back stroke to give me a bit of a rest, because I was truly winded and needed it.  But I'm not winded any more, and I don't know when that happened.  Wow.  Endurance is sneaking up on me!  So I guess I'll work on increasing the side/back stroke portion, and  start phasing out the kick board afterward.  I still want to keep my workout to 100 lengths (or 2,500 yards) per session, since I am swimming Monday through Friday.

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I am really, really enjoying my hot yoga classes.  I love my instructor, Kimberly - she's been so helpful in teaching me how to do the poses correctly, and what do you know - it really feels different when you're doing them right!  For example, we were doing the tree pose on Monday night - looks simple enough, right?  But I didn't have my foot flat against my thigh, and I was wobbling all over.  Kimberly stood next to me so I could hold onto her shoulder for balance while I placed my foot in the correct position, and then I was able to let go and balance!

Not me doing the tree pose.  Also?  I can't get my foot that high.  Yet. ;)

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I have been swimming for four months now - who EVER woulda thunk it?!?  Certainly not me, that's for sure.  For my swimiversary (it's a real word, I swear!), I treated myself to my very own kick board - now I don't have to borrow one from the gym, which is nice since most of them have either shark bites in them (I may be exaggerating a bit on that one - but there ARE bite chunks missing.  Maybe not done by sharks.  Who knows???) or finger indentations - I can only assume death grips from nervous swimmers?  Anyhoodles, if you know me (and I know you do), you won't be surprised to see what color I chose:

Purple!  So some days I will match my suit and cap entirely, and other days I will contrast nicely with my turquoise suit.  Hey - it may not be as much fun as my running gear, but I'm working with what I have!