Yearly Archives: 2020

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…

Ugh and ick. Feel terrible, swim terrible, bad mood. I’m Mrs. Yuck. Does anyone else remember Mr. Yuck? My kids will never know the joy of seeing household products coded…

I’m discovering a couple of downsides to the email reminder to blog. One is that I usually check email in the morning, and that’s before I’ve done a lot of…

Yesterday was… tough. On purpose, but wow was it hard to get out of bed this morning. Not mentally. Well, also mentally. Yesterday afternoon’s test 100’s were 1:34, 1:28, 1:24.…

Felt so much better in the water this morning. God bless yoga. Or rest. Or returning to a normal diet. Or not walking 8 miles a day. Or not changing…

Monday was indeed a challenge. I swam at 5:45 with a headache, came back home and went to bed, and swam at noon… with another headache! Things improved after that,…

The Tale of the Rest Period The picture you are contractually obligated to takeWhat are these weird things growing in boiling water?Yes, someone was out there trying to touch the…