Life Aquatic

It’s been a wild winter in Wichita. We’ve set records for moisture (snow, rain, and ice). With all that weather going on outside, it’s been a great season to get into swimming. Although I am known in some circles as the Thorpedo, I knew that it might be a good idea to get some lessons. Fortunately, the Central Y offers some very affordable lessons that I could schedule around my evening meetings.

So far this is the fifth week into the lessons. The weeks are generally broken into three days of workouts: one focusing on upper body workouts, one for the legs, and one for distance. I can tell that they’ve made a huge difference. They certainly paid off for the indoor triathlon this past weekend at the Central Wichita YMCA.

The triathlon was a blast, with lots of friends there to harass and cheer on to glory. Some friends, like Jess McNeely were newbie’s and others like Jason Deel were seasoned pros. Fortunately, I was able to fend off the up and coming McNeely in the bike. However, Jason proved too tough in both the swim and the run, a great motivation for continuing the swim lessons ha.

I was able to hang on for 9th place out of out of the 59 contestants. Links to the tri results are available at the club website http://ksrvtc.com/ .With the results we saw at this tri, it looks like the club is in for some great performances latter in the season. The months of June and July should be a lot of fun!