One of those mornings

Some mornings things just go wrong. This morning was one of them, not in a major way, but it was enough. A simple thing really, a pretty small thing to forget, but when it comes to swimming a fairly crucial bit of equipment. This morning I got to the pool and realised that I had forgotten my bathers.

In hindsight I can see how I did it. I usually get everything packed the night before so that I am not trying to think early in the morning. But I usually put my bathers on in the morning, rather than pack them. This morning was no different. But between grabbing my bags and grabbing my bike etc, I just missed a step. A small but crucial step. It wasn't until I was standing in line waiting to get into the pool that I realised that something didn't feel quite right. I guess it could have been worse, I could have discovered the problem when I started stripping off on the pool deck.

There was nothing much I could do but jump back in the car and head home. Now I would like to be able to say that I got home, grabbed the bathers and got back to the pool in time for the 6:30 Swim Smooth session. I would like to be able to say that, but unfortunately I can't. That was certainly my intention as I drove home, but I just couldn't quite manage it. Some days it can take a lot of will power to get yourself moving. This morning I had enough will power to get myself out the door and on the way to the pool once, but as it turns out, not enough to do it twice. Instead I got to say good morning to my wife and kids and then get to work early. The reward for which should be heading home early as well. I have a ride this afternoon, and I am hoping that if I can knock that off early enough I might have time for a bit of a quick swim in the river this afternoon. Not perfect, but better than nothing. I am not going to tie myself to it, but that is the plan.

I feel a bit hypocritical having missed the session after writing on Wednesday how important I felt it was to maintain focus and commitment during the hard, heavy weeks. I don't really have any defence, these things just happen sometimes. I will make up the session if I can, but if I can't I will just write it off as one of those things and move on. I don't gain much by beating myself up about it.

Moving away from swimming and back to the bike, riding last night was tough work. Yesterday I mentioned that it was probably going to be a head wind for most of the ride, but that would be okay because it should be a cool head wind. Turns out I got that fairly wrong. The up side was my ride was about 50/50 headwind/tailwind instead of all headwind. The downside was that the wind that was blowing was a scorching hot easterly. It was 'only' 35 degrees or so while I was on the bike, but the wind was like a blast furnace. It really made it pretty uncomfortable. Still the weather is slowly cooling down, with a forecasted maximum today and tomorrow of 34. Still not cool, but improving. It should make training on the weekend a bit easier.