Friday, August 26, 2011

The perfect swim

Last night I was at the pool.  I was doing an interval swim and working on a fast 100.  All of the sudden it happened.

All of a sudden I was just gliding through the water.  I could feel it all around me and instinctively knew the perfect way to grab it.  I was rolling from the hips instead of trying to use my kick to aid the roll.  Suddenly I got what Angie meant when she'd talk about using your core.  I knew it before, but I hadn't got it.

It seemed effortless, but I could feel I was going faster, and I was.  It was like my body just knew what to do and was doing it, perfectly, effortlessly.  Stroke, glide, stroke, glide...

I wonder if I will ever get that feeling back again?  I have a feeling it's like a runner's high.  Now that I know it exists, I'll always look for it, but it will only be there on the very rare occasion.

7 comments:

  1. Nice job with your swim!!! I am still waiting for that to happen to me!

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  2. ahhhhh...I remember my first time, too. Isn't it an amazing feeling?!?!

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  3. Yay! You channeled your inner swimming creature. What is your's? I have a shark, though he hasn't visited recently. The feel will come again, as long as you don't try to make it happen.

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  4. Awesome!!!! I know every once inawhile I feel that...but I can never quite figure out why it was right.

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  5. Yeah!! Exciting. I've gotten there before too....bad thing is it hasn't stayed. I go back and all of a sudden I feel like I have no idea how to swim again. Keep at it - before long it will be totally natural.

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  6. I loved reading this. So great that this clicked for you!

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