Re: RC: Staying fit

["Carolyn Burgess" <carolyn_burgess@hotmail.com>]

62 degree water! Wow, in Massachusetts the ocean doesn't get to 62 until 
early August.

Carolyn Burgess


>From: "jsalas" <jsalas@tampabay.rr.com>
>To: "ridecamp" <ridecamp@endurance.net>
>Subject: RC:  Staying fit
>Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 15:10:13 -0400
>
>I am a tri-athlete. That is, I try to be an athlete. It is not always easy 
>to find time to do anything let alone get in an hour for some type of 
>workout. John and I use to do road races and triathlons before the kids. 
>Now that the kids are getting older and our daughter just did her first 
>triathlon, we decided to "tri" again. When I first got into endurance 
>riding, I felt like rigormortis set in after every ride. Then I started 
>swimming. What a difference that made in my upper body as far as balance 
>and strength during the ride and pain management for after the ride. Not 
>nearly as sore.
>Now John  said that if we were going to do this triathlon, we had to swim 
>in the gulf. His reason was that if we trained in the gulf, then the day of 
>the race we would be acclimated. Gulp!
>:-o Swim in the gulf? With sharks? Maybe that could help me improve my 
>speed. Maybe I would just pass out from fear and be disqualified. Well, the 
>first day, the water temp was 62 degrees. Brrrrrr! It took me at least a 
>half an hour to get in the water completely. In between bouts of 
>hyperventilating (which is when you inhale water and are practically 
>drowning) and panicking I was finally submerged by the 1/4 mile point. When 
>I  caught up with John he was laughing. He said I looked so cute out there 
>just bobbing around. I advised him in a not so nice way, I wasn't bobbing, 
>I was freakin' drowning. Why didn't he come and get me?! That is why 
>couples who train together end up killing each other or divorced. Last 
>week, the water was very shallow and clear. I don't want to see what is in 
>the water, really. John once again swam ahead of me (no longer my shark 
>buffer) and I could feel the panic rising. All of a sudden out of the 
>corner of my eye I saw a large shadow coming up beside me. I couldn't 
>scream and I couldn't get out of the water fast enough. I was afraid to 
>touch the bottom because the stingrays were every where and I just knew 
>this was the end. Just when I thought it was ready to attack I 
>realized..... it was just my shadow. Holy crap, I never thought someone 
>could scare themselves so badly.
>So there you go. A great cardiovascular  workout as well as a speed 
>workout. I am sure that my girl Odie will benefit from that workout when we 
>do Liberty Run. As far as the triathlon, I am still looking for an excuse 
>to pull. Lisa Salas, The Odd Farm

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