Yibambe

SWIM 30 mins and 1200 yards
BIKE COMMUTE 9.4 miles
Extra bike??

Last week I fatigued out by mid week. So I "let" myself swim only (only?) 30 mins today. Most days I'd weasel out by thinking 30 mins isn't worth it. Not today. Yibambe.

I wrote out a swim workout on one of my index cards. There's a pile of pink and green ones on the table with the swim workout book. On a previous day, I wrote the inspirational word Yibambe on a pink card. It's from the upcoming Marvel comics movie, from a Buntu language. It means "hold". T'Challa is chanting it in a movie clip to his Wakandan forces, ready for battle, and waiting for the command to go. I've watched this clip many times. Oooh I love me some Thor, and Black Panther, and Capt, and oooh yeah. Oh and Dr Strange. SQUEEEEEEE.

Well anyway this card was on the table, and I accidentally used that card for my swim workout. So it was fitting to find that on the back of my card, as in inspiration to NOT skip my swim. Hold to the plan.

For whatever reason, I felt awesome in the pool this morning. I had reviewed some notes from my Ima Learn To Swim tag and found some instructions from previous swim lessons. Like, keep hands in continuous motion so left hand/arm doesn't drift out. This was today's focus. It felt slicker and smoother. I kept the sets short, did some pulling, but overall felt great.

Around 900 yards the Imagine Dragons song came on. Second time that's happened this month!

Home. Dog. Puppy commute to work. That felt awesome too. Listened to a new-for-me podcast Zen and The Art of Triathlon. He rambles, bunny trails, gets lost in track of conversation. Finally someone who thinks like me, but says it outloud and records for others to hear!

My plan was to do a long commute to work, but I was running later than intended. Soooo easy to say "I'll do it later, maybe over lunch or on the way home" but ha! that like never really happens. I'm tired by then. I'm also reminding myself that these commute rides are not included in the training plan (can't believe I'm calling it that, am I really that desperate to be training?) so when the plan calls for a 40' ride I really can't fault myself for just using the commute on that. Otherwise I'd be doing 8 hours of the plan PLUS the commute rides.