I have been having some self-doubts about this triathlon project of mine lately. Not only do I doubt my ability to ever be able to swim for a long time, but I also doubt my general ability to be a triathlete at all. I'm rolling my eyes at myself, really: now that I got rid of most of the self-doubts about my running, am I really going to start doubting my ability to swim, bike then run.
Tonight, I went to the pool, after having had too much for dinner. It made the swim hard, and I only lasted 25 minutes in the pool before I wanted to puke. Anyway, while I was there, I attempted and succeeded at swimming for 100m without stopping. This involved a lot of swimming on my back, not even doing the back crawl, but at least, I kept moving. I suppose that if I add 25m every week, i'll be good to swim 200m on September 1st AND still have energy to bike 15K and then run 5K afterwards.
I am really trying hard not to give in to the self-doubt. I swear I am doing my best.
1 comment:
You can do Claudie!!! Sorry, I haven't been following your blog lately. You're doing fine. Don't give up on the triathlon thing. The greatest part about tri is how many people walk large portions of the run! Don't put so much pressure on yourself. Remember the joy of finishing your first 5km? No expectation beyond finishing this one. It'll be awesome!
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