I discovered, or think I discovered, an accounting error in my swimming this morning. I believe that I have been out of breath and mentally tired enough to succumb to wishful thinking and give myself credit for 2 extra laps these last few days of swimming.
On Monday the 11th I swam for 40:14. I believe that I only covered 40 laps instead of 42 however. The 40 minutes of exercise is far more important than how far I traveled, but I like to keep accurate numbers so that I can track my progress. After swimming I lifted free weights for a short time. Due to the age of my joints, tendons, and ligaments (not to mention the muscles themselves) I did not hit the weights with any ego or desire to impress whoever might be looking (there is a prime example of the aforementioned ego, thinking than anyone would be looking). I did two sets of each exercise for each major muscle group, using very little weight.
After my Monday workout I could not sleep, so took one of my daughters to town for a little shopping trip. When I got home, at around 2:30 pm, there was a message from work. I agreed to go in and work 7 pm to 7 am although I had not slept. Clocking out at 7:47 am on Tuesday morning, I was tempted to skip swimming today. Knowing that I am subject to sliding down that slippery slope to sloth, I forced myself to drive to the gym from work.
While practically sleep swimming laps I began to think about the time it takes to make a trip up and down the pool. I was so groggy that I kept forgetting to keep up with the number of laps I swam. I started depending on my stopwatch, which was lying on the edge of the pool to count laps. I usually freestyle the first trip up and back, then do the slower and more restfull sidestroke back up the pool each subsequent odd numbered trip. Today I did a couple more freestyle laps before I started the slower, sidestroke, breath catching laps. I lost count the first time during these first few anaerobic trips up and down the pool and never knew for sure what lap I was on thereafter. I swam for 41:29 altogether and do not know if it was 42 or 44 laps. No weights today. After about a 7 hour nap, I am still not fully coherent.
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