New Year, new goals. I have gone back to school full time, on top of everything else I do, and haven’t had time to update this. I recently joined a gym with a lap pool. It wasn’t my sole reason for joining, but has become my new focus. I rejoined a gym, after not doing any weight lifting for a year and a half. It’s been that long since I have really tried loosing anymore weight. My world got turned upside down, and I lost focus. My life has turned out for the better (Romans 8:28) but I really need to get my body headed back in the direction it once was. Sure I ran a marathon last year, but I really need to drop, another 50, to 70 lbs, and I know that by increasing my muscle mass, I will increase my base metabolism. Well after going to the gym, doing a warm up mile on the tread, and pushing some weights around (you lose muscle mass very quickly btw), I decided to hit the pool. After thinking I was going to drown while doing a tri this summer, I know that swimming is my weakness. If I’m ever gonna be able to call myself an Ironman I have to improve. After swimming a couple of times, I have discovered I really enjoy it. I have found it a lot like running. I had to slow down, find a rhythm, and let the meters rack up. Unfortunately I have to keep track of the laps in my head, but up to now I have done my longest swim about .6 of a mile, and am looking for my first full mile this week. I love the muscle fatigue I am able to get with swimming. I never realized how awesome it was just to go for a 30 minute swim. I even got a calf cramp Friday night, after a seriously full day of other training. We all need to broaden our scope of things we do physically. I love running, and it will always be #1 in my life of exercise, but I have found a new passion, and it’s in the water. Now I just need to get a good road bike. My hybrid is just not going to cut it past about 75 miles at a time. Oh well 70.3 I’m on my way!!!
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