Week 27: Thanksgiving

11/24/2013
2100 yds
62 min.
This was a challenging swim, but I had better endurance than last week.  I could swim 200 yds at a time without having to stop and catch my breath.  Now that I don't have to think about the new TI techniques so much, I could relax more and check out mentally, something only swimming allows me to do.  The rocking, swinging sensation was almost hypnotic.  I tried to keep my upper body lower in the water, shorten each two-beat kick, reach down more.   Eight of my laps were free-back kick.  After a discouraging week last week, I was glad to get this week off to a good start.


11/29/2013
2100 yds.
Untimed
I missed my 11/26 swim, due to a cold.  I missed my 11/28 swim, because the pool was closed on Thanksgiving.  I still have the cold, but took a nap and made myself go to the pool anyway this afternoon.  I was so checked out mentally that I frequently lost count of my laps.  I was half asleep while swimming.  I know I swam at least 42 laps, if not more.  ... I did not swim Saturday, due to worsening of cold symptoms and feeling exhausted.  Could not take the girls to Y nursery, because they are contagious.  Illnesses and fatigue are the main obstacles I have been experiencing.  I feel angry that these things have been getting in the way of me reaching my weekly goals.

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When I look back over my swim log for the month of November, I focus on the reasons why
I didn't meet my weekly swim goals.  They are not invalid reasons:  I went to see my grandmother in Chattanooga for her birthday.  I couldn't drive to Madison due to a tornado warning.  I couldn't drive to Madison during a four-county bomb threat, that thankfully was a false alarm.  I was sick one day.  The Y was closed for Thanksgiving.  However, the main reason I didn't make up missed swims was fatigue.  Constant, unrelenting exhaustion.  Poor sleep at night and early awakenings.  I am going to ask to have my blood work done early.  I want my doctor to be sure my thyroid isn't going hyper again and to check for vitamin deficiencies.