Farewell to a Shot

The Shot recently took a new job, and is in DC this week. Then she'll be somewhere else (I wasn't really listening), and then off to Philly for a long time. Two things I expect from this:

1. Even less blog entries than before.
2. Understandable frustration with the crappy hotel gyms that she'll encounter.

Last Thursday's drills went well - the pool cleared out some and people let me do my thing in my own lane. Same with Monday - I think the drills I'm working on actually look more like drills, and not just "why's this dude floating on his back?" Monday I was working on Lesson 3 out of about 5, dealing with the Under Skate and the Skate switch (relearning stroke timing) and tonight I should be working on Zipper Skate (yeah...) and Zipper Switch, which is even more stroke-like.

I'm still enjoying the book, and the drills, and everything. It's made swimming into something that's difficult mentally more than physically. Whether I'll be a faster or more efficient swimmer at the end remains to be seen, but I'm pretty confident.