Quick update on yesterday's training - yesterday being Sunday 16 May: made the mistake of going horse riding on Saturday so now I've got aching thighs from that and stiff arms from swimming training. But the swim went well and I got about 45 lengths under my belt. Just one problem - seems to take me about ten lengths to get my breathing sorted so I don't gasp and thrash about like I'm drowning! I also tend to set off like I'm in a race, which doesn't help, so I now try to recite in my head the story of the Tortoise and the Hare.
As I came out of the Dragon Centre at Bodmin, where I swim, thinking of myself as an athlete and not a hastled Mum, I was put in my place by the arrival of hundreds of serious cyclists. Some had ridden 100 road miles around North Cornwall. Puts my aching limbs into perspective! One of the riders who did the shorter 44 mile
course was pool lifeguard, Ben who has done wonders to improve my breaststroke - all credit to him and his sore calf muscles.
So today I am going to be working at my desk at the RNLI base in Saltash and for once, I'm not complaining that I've got to sit down all day.
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