Brian's Next Blog Attempt

Last night, as every night, I was busy hanging out with friends.  There I was told that certain people won't link to my blog because I don't update it often enough.  So, once again, I'll try to attempt to update my blog more often.  My problem with doing so is

1)  I'm a perfectionist and want every post to be useful and interesting and contain all the relevant information about whatever I'm trying to say.  This means that even the seemingly simplest entries take hours to create.

2)  I'm ridiculously busy, so I don't have hours a day to write in here.

So we'll see--maybe I can compromise and find a way to get over my perfectionism and wanting create compelling material and just make quick posts more often.  Certainly posting the way I do means that some interesting things get lost.  I was all prepared to write a non-workout entry about how I'm in a total relationship funk and not interested at all in dating or anything.  Then I spent so long trying to think of the hows and whys of that and how to phrase my post in an interesting way that now it's not so relevant anymore.

So alright Ann--here's a post.  Will you please link me now? :)

(And I see that I started 2 paragraphs with the word "So", but in defiance of my perfectionism, I'm not gonna go back and change it!)

I've been swimming a lot lately.  I've been out swimming in the ocean 5 days a week.  I usually take out the newbies and go slow, but still feel like all the practice has made me faster and more comfortable.  In fact, on one swim last week, I didn't even think about breathing for a good 5 minutes in the water--it was totally subconscious!

But for today's swim, I decided to go out for my first morning swim.  At 7:30, it certainly wasn't as early as those hardcore morning swimmers, but it was early for me.  And at least I made it to my swim unlike some of my less fortunate friends (Katie!). :)

This morning was definitely a great time to go to the cove.  Parking was no problem, the water was calm, and there were no lines at the showers.  I was really looking forward to this swim with the faster people to see if all my base building swims would pay off in speed.  I felt ready to go out with the fast swimmers and see if I could keep up.  Alas, it was not to be.  I couldn't even keep up with Ryan while drafting off him.  It probably didn't help that I wasn't swimming very straight and kept getting out of his slipstream.  Looks like I'll have to keep practicing.  Of course, Ryan's out there swimming just as much as I am, so I need to find some way to get in extra speed training while he's not paying attention. :)

The highlight of the morning was seeing a bunch of bat rays.  I saw around 6 in one group and then a couple more single ones in other places.  I also swam over a couple large groups (but not large enough to be a school) of fish.  It was certainly a great way to start the morning!