After a bit of an overwhelming last semester that proved extremely un-conducive to a rigorous training schedule I’m finally getting a chance to easy myself back into it. Short runs right now; partly because it’s minus 25*C outside, partly because it’s stinking slippery out there but mostly because I’m not in any great shape to be throwing down a ten miler every other day!

Getting back into the swimming groove has been tough, I feel like I’m putting in all my mental effort to get an even kick and can’t even keep it symmetric. I just love hitting the pool though, I really missed it.

Last semester taught me something, the opportunity to find time for a 10 workout/week training schedule last summer was an amazing blessing! It was good to be called into a higher level of commitment than I had anticipated with InterVarsity. It was good to have my schedule dictated for me essentially hour by hour. It was good for me to see my run times decay over the course of the Wednesday night XC series. It may have even been alright for me to loose 16 cm of circumference from my thighs.

I really learned that the chance to dictate what I do with my time is a blessing. I feel like this semester has given me a bit more control over those sorts of things. I’m not jumping back into a 10 workout/week schedule until May, but even when I do I’ll have a greater perspective on how lucky I am to be able to hammer down Saskachewan drive at 40 kph.