Good Morning everyone.... just got home from early morning training... 6:00 am to 7:00 am..Long Course Training! When my alarm went off at 4:30 am this morning, it came to no surprise that I wanted to just roll over and tuck back into my blankets and continue to sleep... but instead I fought the urge to stay in bed and sleep and jumped out of bed. Cats were wondering what the heck was going on? Mommy up so early but as soon as they saw me packing my swim bag, they knew where I was going and cheered me on!
The drive in this morning was fast and furious! I didn't want to be late... I hate being late.... but of course I arrived on deck a few minutes late and all my team mates were already well into the warm up.
I got myself together (still sleepy) and dove into the water. A nice refreshing dip into the pool, a few strokes to get my barings and off I was right into the first set!
For someone who wanted to stay in bed, I made the right decision because work out was great! Felt good in the water, strong and easy strokes... like I never left! I've been off training for a week or so, due to lots of work responsibilities, so wasn't sure how I was going to swim. For those of you that know that feeling, it felt like I was "tapered" and ready to go! LOL
The main set was a great one and I felt comfortable and energized! Must have been the coffee I drank while driving to workout! Thank You Organo Gold! Love your coffee!
Workout was short today because of a Long Course Meet being held this morning..so no time to linger...get in..swim..get out and then Breakfast! I love these workouts like this! No time to think...just do!
Breakfast was fun, everyone chatting about Nationals coming up, about events happening in our swim club and as well just the general chit chat we all do on Sunday mornings over breakfast.
I am home now and full of energy... guess that means house work is going to get done today! It's early enough to do the housework and still enjoy this great sunny day we are to have!
Well until next time, keep watching, and reading.... definately more to come...Open Water Training is coming soon!
Ciao for now!
Nikki /Nicole
Sunday 28 April 2013
Sunday 7 April 2013
Feeling Good
Good Morning All... well it's been a week since I've been in the water and well I was thinking this morning while heading to training this morning, this is going to be a tough workout..and it was but I enjoyed it..really! Felt good in the water and felt re-energised! Maybe it has something to do with the weather today. How can you not feel good with the weather turning and the sun shining... Body is aching but it's a good ache. :-)
So yesterday Colleen and I headed down to Kingston to start our search for our boat crews for our swim.. out goal was to see as many boat owners as possible to hand out flyers and chat with them...get them excited for us and see if we could add a boat or two to our team. I left my house at 6:30 am to meet up with Colleen for 7:00'ish am.. and then we headed out at and chatted the whole way down about our swim.
Unfortunately we hit the wrong weekend.. nobody was around.. it was cold and windy... LOL I guess not knowing much about sailing and boating was a draw back for us but we still had a good day and made some half decent contacts. We found our spot to take off on our swim... Kingston's Confederation Park! It's right downtown and right in the thick of things...what a great place to have Kingston send us off on our adventure July 23rd, 2013. So I guess that the day trip was not a total loss. Shammy, Colleen's little dog came with us and slept the entire way...oh to be a dog and be pampered with tons of rest, and great driving..LOL With Marinas dead, isolate...we ended up finishing with all we set out to do by 3 pm..so back into the car we got and back home we headed.... a long day was had by all but a fun day.
So here I am now... typing away to you... telling you our adventure and every time I start typing away, I get more excited.... only 97+ days left... omg! Yipes... it's coming close! Hope you are all getting excited... I know we are....
Say tuned and keep watching... like our face book and comment where you can...let us know you are with us!
Signing off....
Nikki
The "Because Girls Can" Relay Team
So yesterday Colleen and I headed down to Kingston to start our search for our boat crews for our swim.. out goal was to see as many boat owners as possible to hand out flyers and chat with them...get them excited for us and see if we could add a boat or two to our team. I left my house at 6:30 am to meet up with Colleen for 7:00'ish am.. and then we headed out at and chatted the whole way down about our swim.
Unfortunately we hit the wrong weekend.. nobody was around.. it was cold and windy... LOL I guess not knowing much about sailing and boating was a draw back for us but we still had a good day and made some half decent contacts. We found our spot to take off on our swim... Kingston's Confederation Park! It's right downtown and right in the thick of things...what a great place to have Kingston send us off on our adventure July 23rd, 2013. So I guess that the day trip was not a total loss. Shammy, Colleen's little dog came with us and slept the entire way...oh to be a dog and be pampered with tons of rest, and great driving..LOL With Marinas dead, isolate...we ended up finishing with all we set out to do by 3 pm..so back into the car we got and back home we headed.... a long day was had by all but a fun day.
So here I am now... typing away to you... telling you our adventure and every time I start typing away, I get more excited.... only 97+ days left... omg! Yipes... it's coming close! Hope you are all getting excited... I know we are....
Say tuned and keep watching... like our face book and comment where you can...let us know you are with us!
Signing off....
Nikki
The "Because Girls Can" Relay Team
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