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1200 Meters

7/27/2014

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Over the past couple of months, I’ve been trying to improve my swimming endurance.  At each triathlon, I usually would make it about 100m before I was gasping for air and switched to side stroke or breast stroke…for the rest of the race.  Ugh.  In previous years I tried to meet with a swim coach or follow regimented workouts that included drills and speedwork but it just didn’t work for me.  So this time I made a plan for myself to swim twice a week and slowly build endurance.  Instead of focusing on swimming quickly, I decided that the only rule I had to follow was that I wasn’t going to get to stop and take breaks.  I started with 8 sets of 75m freestyle, 25m side stroke or breast stroke.  That way I could focus on just swimming 75m before I got a short (active) rest and it allowed me to control the length of the rest more accurately.  Each workout I increase the freestyle distance or number of sets.  Recently I did 1200m total with 8 sets of 125m freestyle, 25m active rest.  After the workout I was remember what all went on in my head during this swim and thought you guys might enjoy what 1200m feels like to me…
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Indialantic Boardwalk Tri & Firecracker 5k

7/22/2014

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So I mentioned previously that I did the Pineapple Man Sprint Triathlon in early June.  Well after that, I guess I caught Triathlon Fever because I just can't seem to stop.  After Pineapple Man, I did the Indialantic Boardwalk Triathlon on 6/22.

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Tabitha's Airplane Quilt - Piecing

7/20/2014

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A few months ago, a friend asked me to make a custom quilt for her daughter (she was still pregnant at the time).  Her husband is a test pilot for Velocity and they own their own aircraft so when they saw the quilt below (click the pic to see the original) they knew they needed an airplane quilt for their daughter Ashtyn.
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