It's stay-cation! Yay! I'm super happy to be off work for the next 9 days, and lounging about feeling all hygge. It's also a good time to get into winter swim fest training full force. I met a few friends at the lake today for a practice run, and was super excited that it went well!
We met at the beach at 2, which turned out to be a perfect time because the sun was just coming out from behind clouds. It's been so cold out, but today it was a little warmer, finally, at 34. With the sun out it felt quite delightful! I really wanted to do a test run of the 200 and prove to myself that I could do it, so that's what I did. I didn't wear gloves or booties, and I was determined to keep my face in the water. We walked in to waist deep, which is how deep the platform is at the swim fest, and at a count of three just went for it. It was so cold! But I counted my strokes and just reminded myself to breathe through it, and I did fine. I think the fact that I wasn't wearing gloves made a difference because I was so focused on how cold my hands were that I didn't even think about my face. I did have to work to regulate my breathing, especially on the first length. Once I got to the turn-around point I reminded myself I was a quarter of the way, and just kept going. The only time I stopped was when my friend and I ran into each other, which is totally legit. And that was just a pause. I was definitely not swimming super fast, but I felt strong and had no troubles completing the swim. But after I finished I also didn't want to hang out in the lake - I got right out and stuck my hands in some hot water and got dressed. According to my watch it was 37, and I was in for 9 minutes.
I'm quite happy with that! Definitely going to try to get in some more practice runs while I'm on vacation.
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