If We're Here, We're Not Failing

Day 34
ibuprofen: none so far (how did that happen?)
19 days until triathlon

My poor training partners. They never know which offhand comment they make is going to become fodder for the blog :-)

Today's swim was out in the lake where the race will take place. This was, mind you, following a day where I'd had one technical problem and frustration after another all day long, so I was not exactly feeling super-confident. And open-water swimming is not for the faint of heart. The water was cold. It was very choppy, and I felt like I was fighting the waves at every moment. How on earth am I going to do this? But then, one of the gals said, "You know, if we're here, we're not failing." Even though I felt like I was maybe getting an inch a stroke in the water, and having such a hard time breathing, I was there. So even though I was tired, and even though I was really, really slow, and even though I stopped a little early, I was not failing. I was there.

Another day of victory...