a little swim a rim and some stretching

ooh... my glutes are all weird and tight, and i feel very hippy (translation: I'm aware of my hip there is some discomfort there that leaves when i stretch.) since the IM needle treatment with Schwarzenagger. I woke up feeling a bit stiff this morning too, and have had moments of feeling stiff after sitting or hanging out for a period of time. It is strange that it is only just recently that I'm feeling the stiffness from workouts because, in November, I was limber and strong; tightness free. I wonder if this is worthy of interpretation. First, I'm still getting to know my bod' and second, I know my bod' is still getting to know the new routines of increased athletic volume. I'm not sure if I'm tired and should rest, or if I should just appreciate the fact that i'm getting stronger and see this as part of the norm. I'm not uncomfortable- i'm just surprised that i'm only now starting to feel aftershocks from training.

I had a fun swim today. No it wasn't a crazy dash to a 6:00am swim in Victoria. Nor was it a heroic 40minutes at 6:30am in Duncan. It was at 9:00 am and it was coached with a masters coach. SHAKE IT! I'm lovin'the holidays. I'm still working and doing lots- but at least the sched' is like that of a sunny-day athlete. yahoo.

We had some fun with different toys and devices. She worked us on our core first with pool noodles, and then for the first time I swam with fins and hand paddles. These were very strange. I was going so fast that I had a hard time breathing. It seemed like I was stirring up way more water with way more force, so that I would just breath into a white water frenzy rather than find air I turned to the side- It was like I was swimming in the rapids.

• 4 x 100 at 1:30 with fins
• 3 x 100 with fins and hand paddles at 1:30
• 3 x 100 at 1:40 with fins, hand paddles and holding balls
• 4 x 50 without any device on 1:15
• 4 x 50 easy freestyle.

After all that work swimming without the devices was a breeze! Well for the first 2 "50's," anyways. I was swimming sub 45 second for 50 metres. But then I must have snuck back to old habits, because I had ample break time but still reverted back to my 50-52sec 50 metre swim splits. Humm... interesting stuff.

Being more of a woman of leisure, I thoroughly enjoyed an extended moment in the hot tub, and then breakfast at the Duncan Community Farm-Store Café for preservative-free healthy yummy food - I recommend it to everyone.

Christmas fun this eve' and yoga's out until the new year so I just did some stretching at home to limber up.