Sure it's a bit narcissistic to announce one's future athletic endeavors (or attempts, rather), but it does serve at least one slightly less unseemly purpose than just getting people to click on a link to my blog on FB and see how cool i am - it helps me to follow through.
Yeah, i know - sounds like a personal problem. It is of course, but i'm hardly alone here folks... i'm sure there was a commercial that aired over and over during the olympics showing regular people training hard with a voice-over saying 'you don't need this, and you don't need that... you just need fans'. I wanted to link to it here but haven't had any success finding it and have wasted way too much time looking - so if you know what i'm talking about and can shoot me a link, i'd be appreciative. But i digress.
I've decided my first "off by 50" test is going to be in swimming - the 50 yard freestyle. I'd have shot for 50 meters, but don't have access to a 50 meter pool, so in fairness have looked at the American record for the short-course (25 yd pool) 50 yd free: 18 seconds and 87 hundredths. Multiplying that by 1.5 means i'll have to swim it in 28 seconds and 30 hundredths.
Seeing as just today i did a few of my 50 yd intervals in roughly 32 seconds with a pull buoy between my legs and pushing off the wall rather than diving, i think i might be able to nab this one within a few tries. I just need to line up a timer (any takers?) and plan it for a couple of weeks from now. I'm ready to be held accountable! by mid September I'm confident i'll be "off by 50" in my first event! woo hoo!
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
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