There are moments while you're swimming where you feel as graceful as a dolphin, skimming just above the water in fluid movements. Then, there are the rest of the moments: where you feel like a clumsy and slow moving elephant, plunking through the water. Plunk. Plunk. Plunk. As I approached the 1 & 1/2 mile mark in the pool the other day, I was definitely elephant. My back had tightened up so much it was hard to relax my muscles. I felt as heavy and dense as a boulder. I was glad it was over. Big sigh.
I enjoy swimming, I do. It's the one form of exercise Dean can do without much pain to his knees, and it typically is a "lengthening" exercise easy on the joints and good for recovery training days. I had just never swam that far before, so, it really wasn't a recovery day. The day AFTER, however, was recovery day. :-)
Yesterday I met with the program coordinator for Reach the Summit to talk about fundraising. I had a lot of mixed feelings and anxiety about the idea of raising so much money by a certain deadline, but after talking to her about it, I felt better. Yeah, I still have to do the work, and it won't necessarily be easy, but she's been there before. She's helped others like me. She had some good ideas, and she seemed like she would have answers to the questions that are bound to come up later on.
So, if there's less anxiety about the fundraising, why am I still procrastinating over writing my fundraising letter?
how long are you training for? when is the big event?
ReplyDeletea mile and a half? ... how far did you swim? That seems long... 4laps gets me winded... i should try swimming again.
love reading these... can't wait for the next one.
oh, and I think you've got other readers... they're just shy about making comments. :-)