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This weekend was my last training weekend before my race!\u00a0 Next weekend is for celebrating Betsy<\/a>, so this weekend was for challenging my body.<\/p>\n

Saturday was a Team Fight open water swim practice.\u00a0 It was newbie designed, and even though I’m much more comfortable in the water now, I’m still a newbie.\u00a0 We went out to Gunpowder State Park and the coach set out a plan for the swim.\u00a0 Essentially, we swam an estimated 1100 yards, which is close to the swim distance for the race.<\/p>\n

Even though the water wasn’t bad, the hardest part for me (as it is with every swim, even in the pool) was getting into the water.\u00a0 It’s so cold and I don’t want to get in.\u00a0 But I forced myself to get in and bob a few times.\u00a0 I have got to remember that on race day.\u00a0 It must happen.\u00a0 It helps that I will be starting with people I know, and one person in particular (who is probably reading this) will drag me into the water and shove me under if I don’t do it myself.<\/p>\n

The thing is, once I’m in, I’m fine.\u00a0 So I just have to get in.<\/p>\n

I set out to swim and just found a groove.\u00a0 10 strokes, then sight.\u00a0 I’m not stellar at swimming and sighting.\u00a0 I can’t just lift my head and continue my normal stroke – instead I do a sort of brief breast stroke.\u00a0 But whatever, it works for me and it feels natural, so for now I’ll stick with it.\u00a0 I will worry about it later.<\/p>\n

I felt really good on the swim.\u00a0 Little bit of jostling, but I just found my groove and swam.\u00a0 I wasn’t panicking about the distance or about the water or anything.\u00a0 It was an awesome feeling and I hope I can get there on race day as well.<\/p>\n

After I got out, one of the people who watched us commented that my stroke looked really good, because I was just out there swimming and not looking like I was fighting the water.\u00a0 While my stroke could use improvement, that was an awesome compliment.\u00a0 I’m working with the water and not against it.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, I went out for my last bike ride on the course.\u00a0 I challenged myself to keep up with the B group, and sort of managed for a while.\u00a0 Then the group broke into two and I just couldn’t keep up with the fast riders.\u00a0 Something to work on.\u00a0 But I dropped back and had a great ride.\u00a0 On race day, I just have to make sure I’m pushing myself but not pushing too hard.\u00a0 This race is about me, not about beating anyone else.<\/p>\n

Less than 2 weeks to go!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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