OWS at Innsbrook

SWIM OWS about 45 mins and about 1.2 miles

I had two good but lotta-driving options for OWS practice this weekend. The first was an organized swim race with HIM and IM distances but it was 90 mins+ away. The other was an IB group swim at Innsbrook. I opted for the later so I wasn't gone all day long with this swim. Since I was only swimming today it was sort of a day off.

The morning went looong. Lotta driving, lotta talking, and no swimming until 840. Then a 45-50 mins swim, more talking (but this was prerace prep talk), and lotta driving. Once I got home for whatever reason I was completely wiped out. DH and I did some errands and I couldn't even walk fast enough to keep up with him! I just sulked behind and whined...LOL.

Another thing that happens a lot lately is my mind just stops functioning. I can be in mid-sentence and just...stop. I'll forget what I wanted to say, forget what I was doing or where I was going. I think DH is getting tired of it!

Anyway, the swim was a benefit in the end. I got to try my new neoprene skull cap and learned that a bubble of water forms against my hears and sloshes around under the cap. So I need the was plugs (probably not a bad idea given the forecasted temp of high 50's/low 60s!) and/or the extra cap under the neoprene as recommended in a ST discussion.

I also managed to swim bilateral for the first time in OWS!!!  Sure, the wetsuit is what really made it happen so easily, but it was a confidence boost to know I could do it. I've been working on it in the pool and wanted to work on it at TTT but it's hard to practice that in a race. So today was the first day and the smooth water and wetsuit made for a good opportunity to try it under ideal conditions.