Balance

For the first time in awhile I feel like balance is coming to me in the pool, well that's a lie, the first time ever the balance is coming to me in the pool. Breathing no longer feels as if I'm going to never make the stroke without using my hand as a prop, not the easiest procedure in the water, although seemingly natural for the body to do. Instead to lean into that water, perhaps the 2nd most counterintuitive notion known to man after that haloed maxim about getting in a land war anywhere in Asia (I think the Persian Gulf counts).

I also had a breakthrough on the bike, training pretty hard despite my not having planned in this schedule. After awhile, I just took off my normally blessed earphones, great for commuting back and forth, back and forth, and just sat on that spinning machine and span, and let my legs work and my mind work and stream, both following each other on the peaks and the lows, and shit, it was only for an hour with 10 minutes of intervals interspersed in there, but everything flowed, well except for my damn chafing legs and the refusal of my gluteus maximus to comfortably settle into my cushion of choice. I think though, a new saddle is in order, and I'm going to get the most perfect one possible for me, regardless of cost, because just like the bed I wish I had, if I'm going to be spending the better part of most days in the darn thing, I might as well be as comfy as possible.

Time to join the lady for some zzz