Swimming

Went swimming today on my lunch break. Was blown away by some guys who were on a swim team that were running laps. I take it they were from some local high school in the area. Wish I could swim like that. I mean they were across the pool and back with 2-3 gulps of air. Simply amazing. I have done some rough calculations for the pool at 24 Hour Fitness.

It is 25 yards long. Out and back it is 50 yards total. This is translated into 45 meters. There are 1,609 meters in the swim at the Xterra World Championship, or in simple terms, 1 mile. 1,609/45 = 36 laps in the pool. That's what I need to be pulling to survive the championship. Right now, I am pulling a lame 10 laps and they are inconsistent to boot. Tomorrow I am going to go swimming again. The goal 16 laps. Halfway there.

On the agenda also is spin class, pushups, situps, and 3 miles on the treadmill. Need to get on that. My goal for base miles this week is 7. Nothing too bad but I gotta fit it in.

Really looking forward to taking the Van Dessel into Treads this week. They are going to spec it out with some nice SRAM components to get me started. I really want to get this bike ready for the Leadville race in 2 weeks. I know that is quite ambitious so time will only tell. I think it is safe to say that it is time to buck up the money and finish the job. Kris has gone too long without his singletrack fix. :)

Busy day in the AM. Goodnight.