First Swim

Alarm rang at 4:30 am today. Do I turn off the alarm and go back to bed - or do I get up, head out into single digit temps and make my way to the gym? I am happy to say that I got up. I was at the gym at 5:20 ready for my 5:30 swim class. I used that 10 minutes to ease myself into the cold water. Oh how I despise the cold water!

The class was great. I feel it will really help me get ready for the swim portion of the triathlon. There is a legitimate triathlon coach who helped me understand what I was doing wrong and explained correct technique. I was amazed how changing a couple of little things could make such a huge difference. I think I swam like 40 laps and am ready for nap right now. I feel like I worked just about every muscle in my body. Awesome workout!

There were two ironman finishers taking the same class. It was so cool watching how well they swam - they made it look so easy. I'd like to swim like them someday. I'd also like to be able to call myself an ironwoman someday too:)

That's all for day 1 of tri training.