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September 29, 2004
Quick update
I have to go to bed pronto but I thought I'd write a quick update since I will be swamped this weekend with my older sister's wedding.
My sprinting session went really well. The drills worked out to be just fine because I was teaching at a basic level, quick feet, high knees, butt kick, A step, and B step (the B step was more complicated). I really enjoy teaching one on one. You can give so much feedback. I extended my time today, going over my 30 minute time limit. I went 45 minutes. I am not surprised because there was so much verbal feedback required. When I teach this same lesson to my entire class on Friday for a 1/2 block I better use my watch.
After the sprinting session I had a swim lesson by another graduate student. I swam for a 1/2 hour working on breathing drills. I had to focus on exhaling in one strong breath once hitting the water after a breath. I also had to focus on bringing my shoulder up so that my ear rested on my shoulder while I was looking forward. The drills are so good but I get so distracted trying to think about all of them at once. It is so cool to have a coach walking along the side of you and giving you feed back at the end of every 25 yards. I felt like I learned a lot but still do not feel like a fish.
I had to work at the library for 2 hours after my swim lesson and then I went to meet the head coach. We discussed middle of the season strategy for our women and then went to practice. I was up in the air about if I would run again today because I had already run in the morning. My legs were pretty stiff and I was feeling tired. However, once I walked to the field house where the team meets the atmsophere was just too inviting to decline a run. I decided I would listen to my body and after 10 minutes if I felt horrible I would turn around and head back. Well, it was such a nice pace and conversation that I felt great. I actually ran in the same area I ran in this morning with Alison. The one difference was instead of running back on the course to make it an hour, we ran along the levy near the highway and then added a loop around a cemetary before heading back through the downtown area and to the campus. The rain had cleared up by the time we did our run and the sky was a bright clear blue with awesome stratus clouds intersperced between the blue skies. The temperature was crisp but warm. I felt much better on this second run of the day but most likely because the pace was much slower than my first run of the day. We were running at a leisurely pace. I did about a 1/2 of lifting after the team finished their lifting session. I was pretty exhausted while I was lifting and was determined to get a good dinner once I finished my half hearted lifting routine. For dinner I had some noodles with vegetarian chicken. Since I was starving while I was waiting for my meal to cook I ate some pita chips with hummus. By the time I was finished with my meal I felt decently satisified. I have no idea what I'll do tomorrow. I feel like I should swim, aqua jog, or bike after my long day today. We'll see.
Posted by mary at September 29, 2004 9:13 PM