On swimming, biking, and running
For Christmas, Ryan got me this sweet bike trainer. You can put any bike on it, then ride it just like you would a stationary bike. It was so awesome too because I still had the road bike my friend had let me borrow since October. For about two weeks I was riding it regularly, but then Thursday he took the bike back. Boo. Now I have a trainer but no bike.
This could be a good thing though, because I really do need to get back into running. Yesterday I ran for an hour with a friend. It was good, because I hadn't run for more than about 30 minutes since I ran the half-marathon back in November. I used to be really good at running, and it would be nice to get back to where I was last year. This won't be my year to shine on the bike, but eh...oh well.
Also, I've started swimming with a new teacher. She is awesome, and I am starting to feel like I might actually be a good swimmer. I'm still not particularly fast when compared with people who have been swimming for a lot longer, but I'm doing just as well as those in my class. There is one guy in the class who I try not to let get much ahead of me, so that keeps my speed up. It was also quite surprising to learn last Friday that I could easily swim 500 meters without feeling all that tired. Now I just need to time myself again so that I have a more quantifiable measure of my improvement.
This could be a good thing though, because I really do need to get back into running. Yesterday I ran for an hour with a friend. It was good, because I hadn't run for more than about 30 minutes since I ran the half-marathon back in November. I used to be really good at running, and it would be nice to get back to where I was last year. This won't be my year to shine on the bike, but eh...oh well.
Also, I've started swimming with a new teacher. She is awesome, and I am starting to feel like I might actually be a good swimmer. I'm still not particularly fast when compared with people who have been swimming for a lot longer, but I'm doing just as well as those in my class. There is one guy in the class who I try not to let get much ahead of me, so that keeps my speed up. It was also quite surprising to learn last Friday that I could easily swim 500 meters without feeling all that tired. Now I just need to time myself again so that I have a more quantifiable measure of my improvement.