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January 29, 2008
Heat Wave
As I stumbled around in the darkness of this morning I turned on the kitchen light and instantly noticed that our outside thermometer read 34 degrees!! HEAT WAVE! (especially after spending a few days in Chicago) I was quite excited about it all because I had a run planned for this morning.
And then I opened up the door to let Roxy outside and saw that it was also pouring down rain.
Utter despair.
Because 34 and raining is the definition of "worst weather in the world to run in". I would honestly rather run in 5 degrees with a -15 windchill. At least in that you can just put lots of layers on and be dry! When it's 34 and raining though - you are cold, wet and miserable.
Luckily O (besides being a teacher, coach, equipment manager, driver, softball player, runner, best husband in the world) is quite good at figuring the weather out and after a few minutes of studying the radar reported that the rain would be through in 15-20 minutes. Okay - fine then - I would do some core exercises and pack my lunch for work.
Sure enough, 15 minutes later, it was no longer raining. HURRAY!
And we had a great run. 34 degrees felt like 60 and I felt great running. Although it's sometimes fleeting, I'm starting to feel like a runner again. (when I'm out of shape, that "runner" feeling goes away quickly)
After work, a trainer ride. Man was I working to keep my HR up. Geez. Wait until the actual hard workouts come!
Regardless, I still have swimming on the brain. I've been thinking about it a lot lately. I saw this advice from Sam Warriner (an ITU pro from New Zealand) to age groupers:
“Never ever give up or stop believing in your goals and if you’ve got a weakness, work on it. There’s always a way you can improve your weakness. It may not just be doing kilometer after kilometer after kilometer after kilometer, it may be something much more specific so if you have got a weakness, then do something to change it and it will come.”
I felt like she was talking to me and saying:
“Never ever give up or stop believing in your goals Beth and work on your swimming. There’s always a way you can improve your swimming. It may not just be doing yard after yard after yard after yard at 1:25 pace, it may be something much more specific so GO do something to change it and it will come.”
Thanks Sam. I've taken it to heart.
Posted by beth at January 29, 2008 8:54 PM
Comments
LOVE it! man, she was talking to both of us and Beth, I think (from reading your blog so much) that you are doing an awesome job on chasing down your goals and staying motivated! Good luck making some changes...!
Posted by: Bree at January 30, 2008 12:08 AM
GO GIRL!! Keep it up. Working on the same goal...can't wait to hear how your hard work pays off!!
Posted by: kerri at January 30, 2008 3:53 PM
GO GIRL!! Keep it up. Working on the same goal...can't wait to hear how your hard work pays off!!
Posted by: kerri at January 30, 2008 3:54 PM