On Tuesday I made it to the Cardiff Tri swim session. The session started at 7:30 with the usual hour of lap swimming broken up into hard and really hard bits. Sometimes I felt like an amazing swimmer, gliding effortlessly and gracefully through the water. Most of the time I felt like a drowning seal. As a special christmas treat the second hour was a game of water polo, which I had never played before but which is completely awesome.
Why water polo is awesome:
Flailing is an integral part
It is agressive
You don't have to run (or be seen running)
I am agressive
I wasn't particularly good, but I was particularly agressive. I'm not sure which team won, because there were some dodgy fouls, but all in all it was loads of fun, and a lot of effort. I played defense, which seemed natural from my short lived football/soccer career, but really I just flailed around in the pool for an hour. It did make me remember how much I enjoyed playing team sports and how agressive/competitive I can actually be - I need to bring a little more competitiveness into my cycling/running. Winning is exhilarating finishing is expected.
New goal: feel more competitive during cycling.
Step 1: go to Maindy and not be last on the Maindy Strava segment:
Step 2: nail it.
Why water polo is awesome:
Flailing is an integral part
It is agressive
You don't have to run (or be seen running)
I am agressive
I wasn't particularly good, but I was particularly agressive. I'm not sure which team won, because there were some dodgy fouls, but all in all it was loads of fun, and a lot of effort. I played defense, which seemed natural from my short lived football/soccer career, but really I just flailed around in the pool for an hour. It did make me remember how much I enjoyed playing team sports and how agressive/competitive I can actually be - I need to bring a little more competitiveness into my cycling/running. Winning is exhilarating finishing is expected.
New goal: feel more competitive during cycling.
Step 1: go to Maindy and not be last on the Maindy Strava segment:
Step 2: nail it.
No comments:
Post a Comment