Swimming is my weakest link in triathlon and I have been working hard at trying
to get faster. A few weeks ago I decided to test my progress and I challenged
Jon Bird, one of my swim and cycling coaches to a race of 50 metres off a dive.
Jon is a Pro triathlete and one of the fastest Triathlon swimmers in Canada.
My friend Angela set us off and…he beat me by half a length (or more). I told
him I would race him again in a month to see if I could get a little closer. He
agreed and now I have a new goal, a shorter-term goal than my big race. Beat
Jon Bird. Ha!
After this race I decided that in order to improve, I would need to pull out
“the cap”. My daughter’s swim cap that I have been eyeing for weeks trying to
work up the nerve to wear it. Written across the top on both sides it says
“Freak’N Fast”. I hadn’t felt worthy of it but I knew that perhaps if I put
those words closer to my brain it just might magically happen.
I warned Jon in his cycling class that I was going to wear the cap in the pool
that day. He nodded and when I arrived at the pool he noted the cap. I did the
first set and finished first in the group and waited for him to put the next set
on the board. He looked at me surprised that I was already done. I pointed to
“the cap” and he nodded again.
I completed the day with a set of 100’s and I was much faster than I normally
am. I was “Freak ‘N’ Fast” and I am now going to wear that cap every time. You
had better “Freak N” watch out in our next race, Jon Bird.
