Get in the water, girl

SWIM 2200 yards in 1 hour

It's August! Holy crap.

No Puppy today, Puppy is "in the shop" in UCity with SO's bike guru. Ole Pups hasn't been shifting precisely for quite some time now, at least 1.5 years maybe 2, some double and half shifts. BS worked on this twice to no avail, and I kinda adapted to and and chalked it up to Puppy's personality. But SO had ideas, and he has good ideas, so I rolled with it.

He's going to change out the cables, look at this and that, put new bar tape on. Then he finds that out my chain is waaay overdue for change, might have to buy new cassette too. Then he finds there might me something wrong in the derailleur, ooohhh  $$$$ adding up and SO won't let me pay for this. Hence the search for a lasagna recipe. It bothers me that I can't pay for this. It's my mess, my negligence.

Really though I don't think I ride Puppy that much, to need a new chain so often. Whatevs. Pupps needs a new chain. Can't argue that.

The swim! Great way to start off August, with a swim. Today was Guppy 2-2:
WU 50, 100, 150
3x100 as 1arm-swim-otherarm-swim, used paddles
3x100 as pull buoy banded to ankles
6x150 I did 2 as pull and 4 as swim

The 1 arm swim drill is hard, as well it is supposed to be! I can happily report that I was able to breath on the left today in this drill, and I'll concede the possibility that the paddle in the right hand might have helped me "lift" my head to breath. Felt good either way to have done it.

The banded ankles I'm still figuring out. I even tried it without the band. The feeling was hit or miss. Sometimes I could feel the fishtailing (and now that I'm aware of it, I notice it in my regular swim intervals) and other times I could feel the goal feeling of my "hull" being a dolphiny-torpedo straight through the water. Other times I just felt...nothing...just swimming. It's only the second day of this test, keep going. Like the 1 arm, it will improve over time.

Then the 150's as swim pull swim pull swim swim. I made up for it by pull the CD.

My late-entering lane partner chatted with me as I left. I said I was getting back after time away from the pool doing lots of drills, he said "get in the water, girl". Then another swimmer complimented my Halloween suit (first swim with it after it was recovered from the theft, thankfully no glass in it) and we chatted about suits.

Ugh then had to drive to work, and walk in. Hurry back Puppy!