Yesterday, I achieved the first sub-30 minute 5K carrying a bike. Today, I went swimming. In a significant but ultimately very satisfying deviation from my triathlon training plan, I didn't do a whole series of exercises interspersed with rest periods; I swam 1000 strokes of front crawl with no resting except the moments in which I turned around. Around the 180 stroke mark, I was sure I wouldn't make it to 1000. But I kept swimming 100 strokes, turning around, and going again. Until 1000 happened.
That turned out to be about 800 meters; just over half of what an olympic triathlon is. With better form and technique, that many strokes cold become 1000 meters. In any case, it was extremely satisfying. I still need to figure out what I'm going to do as the weather gets colder. I may be able to simply bike home in my wetsuit. That's what I did today, without stripping to the waist as I normally do.
I've been thinking about the saying "what we measure, improves". What should I be measuring, aside from my weight and my exercises? Duolingo measures my progress learning Spanish. A better question might be "what do I want to improve"? Familial relationships. Friendships. Number of books read. Should I be reading a book a week? Increasing my steps per day from 7,500 to 10,000?
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