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June 8, 2007
The Sweet Smell of Chlorine
Ah...the smell of chlorine in my nostrils again! I never knew I would miss it so much! :)
I returned to the pool this morning for some water running. I was sort of nervous, not knowing how it would feel or if my ribs would be too painful. I also had to drive myself over there since O was already at work. I hadn't driven in over a week!
I was greeted at the YMCA by all the usuals. They were worried about me! Seeing as how I'm there just about every day my absense (and then reading about my accident in the paper) had them concerned. That is so what I love about the YMCA!
My goal was to run easy in the water for 30 minutes. I went at 9:30 because the pool closes at 10 for cleaning. That way I wouldn't be able to sneak some more time in. :) It felt so good to MOVE a little! Water running isn't particularly difficult unless you put in a lot of effort so really it wasn't a challenging session but I just wanted to test out the waters (literally and figuratively!).
My hip and knee felt fine. I wouldn't want to attempt real running on them right now but in the water, with no pounding, I felt no pain. My ribs were sore of course. They are sore all the time; but it wasn't the kind of sore that I couldn't stand. At best my ribs sort of feel like when you drink way too much water and then try to run and you get a cramp high in your chest. At worst they feel like someone is stabbing a large knife through my chest. I only feel the knife kind of pain when I try to get up from laying down or actually am in the act of laying down or twist wrong. Every other activity is some degree of the cramping type pain. By the end of my 30 minutes in the water today I wasn't even really noticing my ribs that much. Good deal!
So I at least know I can run in the water! I'm going to try some more tomorrow and then on Sunday (when the pool is closed) try some easy spinning on my road bike. Progress is wonderful!
In the mean time I decided I wanted a website. While wishfully thinking and dreaming I sometimes research companies that might like to sponsor an amateur schmo like me. :) Depending on how my season unfolds I was thinking of applying for sponsorship to some of these companies but I noticed most applications want to know what your website is. Hmm... Now O and I are no web designers that is for sure! O knows more than me. I'm lucky I can figure out how to post blog entries (and Alison has made that so easy anyone could figure it out). But luckily our internet provider has a helpful little tool for people like us. Anyway, I'm really excited to put it together. Since O and I have found some serious extra time on our hands (what the heck are you supposed to do when you get home from work at 5 and don't have any training to do for the evening?) we started working on it last night. I can't wait to unveil the finished product!
I hope everyone has a great weekend!
Posted by beth at June 8, 2007 2:07 PM
Comments
I can't wait to see your site! How cool. Just FYI I think active.com sponsors a good amount of athletes at varying levels. Glad to hear the pool running went well!
Posted by: barb at June 8, 2007 5:32 PM
You know that this is what your brother-in-law does for a living, right? :) Ask us if you want any advice. You know that he's happy to talk about that kind of stuff.
Posted by: B at June 8, 2007 10:03 PM
beth, have you seen this site that has triathlete sites?
http://www.triathletesonline.com/public/
Posted by: dawn at June 9, 2007 1:34 AM