I trained with a new swim coach who was highly recommended by both a friend & my coach, Meyrick. He taught me new drills & corrected my stroke in several ways, in hopes that with time these news skills & corrections will make me a much more efficient & FASTER swimmer. Faster is ALWAYS better. He had me doing drills that I had before and new ones, new ones that were totally challenging but completely doable. One hour of complete dedication to improving my imperfect stroke and more work to do in my strive for perfection, or something close to it. I left the one hour session with enough energy to do another hour in the pool, THIS is a fantastic feeling.
I had a mini break in between and met my Dad for a quick breakfast and meeting about some bookkeeping that needed to be done with my husbands business. Afterward, and refuelled, I headed to session number two of the day with Meyrick.
I've now been training with Meyrick two days a week since September, today was a strength training session at his facility. I'd loooooove to say these sessions get easier, but they don't! He continuously comes up with new ways to challenge me. (I should also probably add that Meyrick is a below knee amputee - there are NO excuses with him - if he can do something, he'll 99.9% of the time find a way I can do it too, a seriously problem solver). Even during exercises that he gives me that seem impossible I find myself smiling, stopping, and then resuming my attempt to do what he has asked of me. I left this workout in sweaty and happy.
Common ground between two completely different workouts = challenge & perseverance. I'm a good swimmer and I can hold my own in a gym, but being able to constantly challenge myself has been something I have grown to love. I hope I always have this feeling. It's powerful and it encourages growth. I am constantly evolving in my pursuit of my ONE BIG MAIN GOAL - Become A Triathlete. This fact is something I believe is key to being the best version of myself.
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