I swam this morning, 1400 meters. While at the pool I asked Kandis, the T/TH morning coach, why none of the Olympic swimmers seemed to breathe bilaterally. She was puzzled by the question, as in, why would any swimmer breathe bilaterally. Well, I didn't used to bilateral breathe and at that very pool, albeit about ten years and several coaches ago, they "made" me change. So, why didn't they "make" me change back to breathing on one side when bilateral breathing was no longer the accepted practice?
So, I try to learn one new thing every day and today I have learned that we aren't supposed to breathe bilaterally while swimming.
Eyewitness News was at the pool this morning. Someone said they were there to film the pool as a way for people to beat the heat. I thought I was going to be famous or something, but I never saw them actually filming. So, don't look for me on the news tonight.
I forgot my towel. I guess that's what happens when you haven't been near the pool in several weeks. You forget what all you need to bring with you.
I ran before my stint at Department 95. I ran my usual route, but added a little hill at the turnaround point to try to boost the mileage to 4 miles. I only got it to 3.95 so I will need to extend it a smidge next week.
And then I got on the spinner tonight. I didn't do a Spinnervals or Sufferfest video because the Olympics are still going strong. When I am spinning on my own I work very diligently to try to maintain a 90 cadence. Muscle memory and all. But track and field was on the TV and I would watch the sprinters running all out and I would look down and see my cadence well over 110 RPM.
It was a pretty good training day.
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