Swimming ‘aint so bad after all

Water Running
The plan called for a rest day and 30 minutes of flexibility

Forget it, went to the pool instead, though I am still doing the core work every second day.

Today’s session is one I have made up -
5 minutes warm up
15 minutes of 45 seconds hard and 15 seconds easy
2 minutes easy
15 minutes of 45 seconds hard and 15 seconds easy

My HRM was behaving today and I was working pretty damn hard, average HR for the sets was 76% and the max was 88%

Instead of the 5 minute cool down I jumped in the slow lane to do a couple of laps instead. I was in Rebel at lunch time and managed to pick up a pair of goggles on sale for $14.95, they made a hell of a difference. I only did two laps, but it is a start, turns out I am actually a little too fast for the slow lane and kept swimming past the person in front, I was doing free style and did them both in about 85 seconds each.

The only problem is that I am having trouble getting the hang of the breathing and get a little panicky if I can’t fill my lungs properly and god only know what my style looks like. But I will persist, I am sure if I just keep plugging away with some slow laps I’ll get the hang of it again, after all, I got a blue ribbon for the 50 mtre free at my year 8 swimming carnival, the competition must have drowned Beyond that I always managed to talk myself out of swimming, I was too shy to let the boys see me in my bathers, I thought I was fat, I wasn’t I was just awkward. I don’t mind now, I feel pretty comfortable in my speedos these days, my running gear doesn’t cover much more really.

Food Glorious Food
To get myself back on a more disciplined track I have gone back to the daily food diary. I have managed to keep the weight off over the last 5 weeks or so, but it is no mean feat and as the days grind on it does get harder because my appetite hasn’t diminished . If I keep a track each day this helps, although it is a little tedious. It does help me keep an eye on the protein and calcium intake though as well.

On that note, I read today about a study that was done using 500 Female US Navy Recruits in basic training. They supplemented half the group so they got 800mgs of Vit D and 2000mgs of calcium a day, the other half got placebos. The supplemented group suffered 27% fewer Stress Fractures. Although not the only factor I am sure my lack of Calcium contributed to my stressies, for the last 2 years I’d be lucky to have been getting about 500mgs a day

Anyway, I am doing the right thing now, though I am getting about half from supplements because I can’t eat that much dairy (as much as I’d love to)

Though I did make a lovely dinner tonight with Haloumi cheese, I have posted it over in the Runners Fuel page, if you have never had Haloumi before give it a go, it is lovely.

My Kelly Holmes biography found its was back home to me, along with some delicious Kiwi Fruit boiled sweets and some very cute notepaper, thanks Vicky

Song Quiz
Elephant Stamp to the first person with band and song, came on the radio on the way home, love it when they pull out a classic (happens sometimes on the request show), comes from what was, in my opinion, this bands best album and brings back heaps of memories, funny how the lyrics just come back to you as well. And no cheating with the Google -

Should of been, could of been
Would of been dead
If I didn’t get the message
Goin’ to my head
I am what I am
Most motherfuckers
Don’t give a damn
Aw baby think you can
Be my girl, I’ll be your man