Monthly Archives: December 2012

Ironic that when picking today’s clothes, I selected my white “Fish Can Fly” t-shirt (more info: here). It’s a shirt that U2’s Bono designed to help raise money for Wildlife Conservation Society and the Conservation Cotton Initiative. It’s meaning is … Continue reading →

I’m trying to consolidate my posts so it’s less posting on here of my daily activities. Plus that’s kind of, well, weird for me too on one hand. I had a couple of great Masters workouts on Wednesday and Thursday. … Continue reading →

Talked with Janet Manning yesterday afternoon.  She’s great with pep talks! Luckily she was driving so couldn’t answer my text so she called instead.  She was on her way to pick up a snake (that’s another story…she’s afraid of them … Continue reading →

Feeling a bit better now, but still have some mental cloudiness that I need to break through. My thoughts went dark quickly on Friday and I couldn’t control it. What was worse was the people I was talking to just … Continue reading →

I’m probably overthinking right now, but I’m finding myself already slipping into a mental state where I’m afraid that I’m in over my head. This is my first open water swim EVER. I haven’t even been swimming in a lake … Continue reading →

Swimming blind this week since I don’t have an official training schedule this week, but making the best of it. I know Jamie is super busy and I’m the least of things that he should be paying attention to, but … Continue reading →

Oh yeah I keep forgetting to mention that Jamie said on Saturday that training schedule-wise, I’m ahead of someone who did the length of Tahoe last year and didn’t have much swimming experience prior to his Tahoe crossing. This felt … Continue reading →

I swam my first set of 20 minute continuous swims yesterday. I should have asked Jamie beforehand on what to do if I get to the starting wall before the 20 minutes is up. Each time I had about 35 … Continue reading →

Got a treat yesterday since Tom Reudy, the head San Mateo Masters coach lead yesterday morning’s practice. It was a lot of DPS (distance per stroke) exercises and a lot of swimming and not a lot of breaks, if any. … Continue reading →

My goal this morning was to finish another Masters practice in its entirety and get in a good warm-up beforehand. I accomplshed both today! I got to San Mateo Athletics Club (SMAC) where I swim before they opened at 5:30 … Continue reading →