Needles (gulp.) and swim

i'm home already from vancouver, but i did make a point of swimming at the Aquatic Centre again. I wasn't lucky to have the 50 m. lengths, but i was lucky to see some pro-swimmers do their thing alongside me. The Total Immersion Swim excercises are great because you can spy on the swimmers and their technique as you kick up the lane. I enjoyed the final 500metres of swimming- I lost count so I just charged out for 10 minutes- I was fairly aerobic: my heart rate was around 150. I felt tired afterwards.

I saw the phys on Monday and as he said he would in his gutteral voice: Ï'm going to beat you up today." My goodness. Its called the IM, acupuncture needles- but very invasive. I was squirming and kicking... and i was so tired and sore afterwards. He inserts the needle, and then deepens it until he hits the muscle - then he wiggles it around. Good activity if you feel like vomitting. ew.

we'll see what happens. i'm very aware of my SI joint.

Sunday I opted out of the x-country ski- this was very very difficult. And instead I did my core work out in the evening and 1 hours worth of yoga and physio work. I spent some time on YOU TUBE during my core workout downloading Ironman videos. There is one really good one with a guy in Frankfurt who got under 12 hours- its pretty funny at times as he charges in, semi out of it, to kiss his wife, and then carry on.


jusqu'a la, tout va bien.