I try to get in 4 to 6 swim workouts a week, but did not go this morning because I felt a little "twinge" in my left shoulder all day yesterday and I wanted to give it a rest for today. This means that I will be off two days in a row (I can't go on Wednesdays) and I hate that. I have been trying to give myself a break because I know I made the right decision, but I have been feeling guilty all day for missing! Am I crazy or what? Does anyone else give themselves these kinds of guilt trips when missing a workout? Is there something inherent about swimming that makes one obsessive compulsive about missing? Just wondering if I'm the only overly type-A character out here. Thanks in advance for your thoughts and psychological support. ;)
Hmm. I see I am not alone with the obsession for -- I mean love of -- swimming, and worrying about losing my amazing edge of 2.5 seconds per hundred that I have worked hard to lose, and I want to lose more, and if I don't keep up the hard work I won't lose more time, and I want to swim with quality and get as strong as I can, but I don't want to be overfocused on this one aspect of my life, as it were.
(See my post on swimming obsession?)
Yah. I like to remind myself that swimming most importantly gets me into the sunshine, away from my "home office" (kitchen table), and talking to people, even if my discourses are limited to single but clever words like "alveoli."
Hmm. I see I am not alone with the obsession for -- I mean love of -- swimming, and worrying about losing my amazing edge of 2.5 seconds per hundred that I have worked hard to lose, and I want to lose more, and if I don't keep up the hard work I won't lose more time, and I want to swim with quality and get as strong as I can, but I don't want to be overfocused on this one aspect of my life, as it were.
(See my post on swimming obsession?)
Yah. I like to remind myself that swimming most importantly gets me into the sunshine, away from my "home office" (kitchen table), and talking to people, even if my discourses are limited to single but clever words like "alveoli."
