More training...

This morning I biked to school and back, totalling approximately 7km. I swear almost half of it is uphill. Anyway the cycling I'm not really worried about.

Tonight I did go for a swim in the freshly cleaned pool at the gym. I managed to swim my 400m in about 12 minutes. The other day I said to Jer, "I can't figure out what it is about swimming but it just kills me. I feel like one length of the pool and I need to take a break". He said it's because I am struggling to stay afloat and it's likely because I'm scared I'm going to sink. I think he might be onto something. Tonight I focused on just staying afloat and relaxing in the water and things went much more smoothly. I just need to relax. If I can do that, the swim will be a breeze.

The problem is really with my breathing, it's the timing or something. When I do back crawl (is that what it's called when you're on your back but making your arms like propellers?) I have no problems at all because I'm free to breathe whenever I want. For the race I'm going to do a combination of front crawl and back crawl and I should be fine.

I'm hoping to wake up bright and early tomorrow morning to get in 5 or 6k before work, and before it gets TOO HOT.