That's how we need to learn to live life. When we are kids life seems to pass by so slowly. Then when we get to be about 20 it picks up the pace a bit. By the time we are forty we often seem surprised by the passing of the years, and by the time we're sixty it's seems to be going so fast, that for all intents and purposes it may as well be over.
The less time we have left the faster it goes, and we need to reverse that. Just imagine how much sweeter it would be to think of the next 20 years, or 5 years, or 1 year, or one month, or one week, or one day, or one hour getting progressively slower such that when your seems imminent to everyone else, to you it still seems like you have a lifetime left. Inversely proportionate I say!
Hey, you know I was telling you about my idea of swimming without breathing? It turns out that it's not such a novel idea. That gives me confidence that it maybe isn't as stupid as it sounds. I found several articles that recommend it as a method of focusing on and improving ones stroke and ones balance, without the distraction of lifting your head to breathe.
And although it is a bit controversial there is also a belief by some that the strain of exercising with less oxygen can actually improve your fitness. Similar to high altitude training which of course has it's own supporters and doubters.
Right now I ain't counting on the second part but I am optimistic that there is some possibilities in the stroke improvement philosophy. I can tell you this much. When I swim without breathing I feel fantastic, and when I breathe I can feel everything start to flail. I will keep at it every day for a while and see what happens.
I wish also to confirm that I am really starting to feel myself again. The real test will be on Wednesday when I will try to run 25 kms. If I am indeed back, it should be easy!!
Oh, and happy 75th birthday to Jean Regnier (nee Jeanne Parent). A woman who has learned how to slow it all down.
(swim 750 metres, run 10.3 kms)
"Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now."---Dennis Waitley
The less time we have left the faster it goes, and we need to reverse that. Just imagine how much sweeter it would be to think of the next 20 years, or 5 years, or 1 year, or one month, or one week, or one day, or one hour getting progressively slower such that when your seems imminent to everyone else, to you it still seems like you have a lifetime left. Inversely proportionate I say!
Hey, you know I was telling you about my idea of swimming without breathing? It turns out that it's not such a novel idea. That gives me confidence that it maybe isn't as stupid as it sounds. I found several articles that recommend it as a method of focusing on and improving ones stroke and ones balance, without the distraction of lifting your head to breathe.
And although it is a bit controversial there is also a belief by some that the strain of exercising with less oxygen can actually improve your fitness. Similar to high altitude training which of course has it's own supporters and doubters.
Right now I ain't counting on the second part but I am optimistic that there is some possibilities in the stroke improvement philosophy. I can tell you this much. When I swim without breathing I feel fantastic, and when I breathe I can feel everything start to flail. I will keep at it every day for a while and see what happens.
I wish also to confirm that I am really starting to feel myself again. The real test will be on Wednesday when I will try to run 25 kms. If I am indeed back, it should be easy!!
Oh, and happy 75th birthday to Jean Regnier (nee Jeanne Parent). A woman who has learned how to slow it all down.
(swim 750 metres, run 10.3 kms)
"Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now."---Dennis Waitley
Love
Peter
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