I'll keep swimming

If I ever joke about my involvement in triathlons, it's self-depricating humor. Because let's face it, I only loosely define a 'triathlete'. But last night I totally ROCKED!! My tri group went to Hagg lake to swim. I rented a wet suit made specifically for triathletes. I wanted to see if it would make a difference in my swim. I've never used one before, and I always swim slower than everyone else on my team. In fact I usually move over to the shore and hide in the reeds while I wheeze back to normal breathing levels. I also have a mental hurdle because I start imagining myself sinking like a rock to the bottom of the lake before anyone notices.

Just so you know why this is a big deal, in the Blue Lake tri that I did last year, I ignored all sense of embarrasment or humiliation that others might cave to, and flipped over onto my back to back-stroke it, because I was too freaked out to swim normally. I think the worst was when a couple twelve-year-olds passed me...

... and asked if I wanted them to send someone to get me.


Well last night I turned all that around, BABY!! I don't know why it made such a huge difference, but with that suit on I swam freaking FAST. I was the fastest swimmer in our group. And with the suit on, I was so boyant that I never once worried about becoming a fixture at the bottom of the lake. It was great!

Last night was a defining moment for me. If the suit hadn't helped me swim better, I was planning to drop swimming and only do Duathlons from now on. But seriously, I had the most fun I've had in the water outside of scuba diving. I'm not dropping the swim. In fact,


Bring it!!