Amazing and a little intimidating

So the WASO concert last night was awesome. It would have been nice to be a tad longer, but still really cool.

My wife was a little nervous going in but got a real buzz out it. Kind of like a bunch of pros coming up to and saying "You can train with us, but only if you can keep up". Amazing and a little intimidating at the same time. It was a really good night.

In the end if I had hustled big time I could have got into bed early enough to make swim training this morning, but we made the call to enjoy the evening instead. My wife always takes a little while to relax and get to sleep after a concert, so rather than leave her to do that by herself while I went to sleep, we had a nice evening together. It also meant that I got a bit of a sleep in this morning. I say a 'bit' since we were still up by 5:30 thanks to our son.

As a result of missing swimming this morning I will be heading down to the pool tonight. The plan is to try and do a solid, Wednesday morningseque set. I am thinking of doing a set that we do some Wednesday's called a Red Mist set which involves 10 x 400m. I will see what time I actually make it down there as to what I manage.

I always have a big mental hurdle when it comes to swimming alone. I tend to be sitting there thinking "Blerrchhh, swimming". But I quite enjoy it once I get going. As I mentioned yesterday, I have found that swimming alone can be really beneficial, after all you have to lead the lane for the entire session. Plus you can work at paces that are right for you, rather than paces that are the best fit for the entire lane. I have found that the trick to making the sessions useful is to go in with a plan and then be fairly strict on yourself to stick to the plan. Going in without a plan nearly always results in a session of faffing, drills and then getting out early. Swimming alone isn't something I like doing all the time, but I think it can certainly be made into a silver lining if you work at it.

Right now I am suffering from a common triathlete affliction called 'just missed a session guilt'. Which is the nagging knowledge that you took the easy option. There are two main things you can do to remedy the situation. The first is to relax just a little bit and not take yourself quite so seriously. The second thing though is to harden up a little and get on with it. My plan tonight is to do just that. Make it not about the session that I didn't do this morning, but instead about the session that I do tonight. Hopefully I manage that.

The concert was totally worth it though.