Thursday I missed my first regularly scheduled Tuesday-Thursday swim-drill practice. It has been a very busy week and I determined I needed the sleep more than I needed the 4:40 a.m. beeping from my watch. It really shouldn't have been a tough call, but it was. It should have been very clear that I had been burning my proverbial candle from both ends this week, but I was looking through this with Ironman Training Goggles. Fortunately, I made the right choice and slept in until 6:00-ish and instead did a 30 minute, steady-state ride on the indoor trainer (on my bike). I definately benefitted from the rest.
This morning I went to the pool with a certain amount of excitement. The kind that comes from being more rested and ready to go. I love that feeling. When I can get out of bed to be at the pool by 5:00 a.m. and I am feeling pumped about it, that's a good thing. It's empowering really. The positive energy assisted me in swimming the same distance I swam on Monday...but better, faster, and stronger. This was not quite Six-million-dollar-man-ish, but you get the idea. There were no wannnanant bionic sounds going off as far as I know. Nobody complained about bionic noises anyway. Regardless, it was energizing, and no, it didn't hurt that it's Friday which carries it's own excitement.
I don't know which lap I was on, but it was relatively early into the swim, but late enough that I didn't want to disrupt my rhythm, when I noticed my earplug taking a break and allowing water to enter my ear. Each time I turned to breathe on the right, I could feel the water getting closer to my brain. I thought about stopping, popping out the plug, doing the head shake thing to release the water, and going again, but I was in a groove and didn't want to disrupt my flow.
What? ...What?! Sorry, I couldn't hear you. My ear is still plugged. Yes, in spite of doing a sideways head bob, worthy of playing Is This Love, in the background, it is still plugged. I'll probably experience a moment during the day when I'm so glad my students are talking softly, and the water will finally release, and I will be left with discovering they've been talking loudly for some time now. So it goes.
I needed a rest this week. I was listening to my body. However, my mind and my heart are now telling me to get of my a** and get crack-a-lackin'. So, to all those reading this, whatever you are into, listen to what your body is telling you, even if your ear is plugged, and then get after it.
Peace,
~Sam
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