Monthly Archives: February 2020

Halloween trick-or-treat practice. A couple of treats (25’s corkscrew - good practice for seasickness?) Then a lane-mate pulled 4x500 on 7:30… and we held 6:15’s. Then I pulled 5x200 butterfly.…

Was really, really wiped out. Rested a lot, and still wasn’t up to yoga or hopping on the bike trainer as intended. Couldn’t even make it off of the couch…

My god in heaven. 5 times through 5x200 on 2:30 and a 100 easy on 2:00 (Besch did expand that to 2:30. It helped?). I almost made it through three…

The most necessary day off in the history of the universe. I was at least going to get the kids up, since J was turning in a large project and…

The Tale of Wrightsville Beach Beginnings [2020 Commentary – I disappointingly did not blog my first Wrightsville beach training swim at the time – just notes. So I’m expanding them…

Oh, the mulching. Not done till 8 PM, no dinner, and a 5:30 AM wake up call. Ugh.

Annual checkup. I am medically cleared for Channel swimming, and he is happy to prescribe birth control next October to help me skip my periods in summer 2021. I’ll try…

Finally did some yoga. MUST incorporate more.

Wasn’t feeling great, but felt better than I thought I would in the water. Still taking it easy. Got out early to go have dinner at Chipotle for RCMMS.

The mulchy day of reckoning. We did it. We did it before the rain, and we did it before Kelly’s wedding. And I was even able to walk around in…

Bless the guys at Garden Supply for getting us the mulch early enough to make a start on it! I should mention – I have been and will be training…

Landscaping day is here, landscaping day is here! I’ll be cutting my swim short to come home and check it out and see if there’s anything I need to do.…

Swam (kind-of) for real for the first time yesterday. Morning swim with Enrique was nice and relaxing. My hamstrings we surprisingly tight – probably from yard work this weekend (whoo-hoo…

Joined the Marathon Swimmers Forum (https://forum.marathonswimmers.org)… not to be confused with the MSF Marathon Swimmers Federation :) Does spending time enjoying people’s FB responses to my swim post count as…

https://youtu.be/zZvOtoRqReo Photo Credit J Since Charleston – Enjoyed the city, missed out on seeing Libby’s Swim School operation but got to rest Wednesday (until board mtg.) Had busy Thursday –…

Got home on Wednesday, Oct 9. Rested until Tuesday, Oct. 15 (coached, but just got through it).

The Tale of the Swim Around Charleston Funny how you know a good night’s sleep (and maybe seeing where you were in the rankings - ah vanity) is going to…

(Before the Swim Around Charleston) By the end of August, felt like a total badass.  (Huge change from my attitude on the 20th. Getting in with the age groupers made…

My reaction to my pillows upon laying down on them just now was, “wow, pillows are weird.” I think I’m not spending enough time in my bed. But seriously, soft,…

The Tale of P2P... And Everything Else I've Done Since August 20th [2020 Commentary - Where did I go from  8/20 until now? Well, it turns out that I have…