My copy of The Fear Project came tonight. I'm excited to get into it. Its basically a book that attempts to understand and identify the causes of fear. It is my hope that by reading this book, it helps me take a step back when I encounter something that "scares" me, and I learn to conceptualize whether the fear is based on a valid risk, or an irrational thought process.
I remember considering swimming Catalina Channel before the English Channel, but I started to get too mindful of the creatures that occasionally swim in the area, and backed out of that goal. I realize now that Jellyfish encounters are in actuality going to be more of an issue than even seeing or encountering a shark. But I like to bring it up as a small risk when someone asks me about it. But its about as likely as being at the bank at the same time that it's being robbed.
This morning I picked up Goody to take him to the hospital. I decided to go straight to work, and then get off early so I could do an afternoon swim. Which is what I did. Here's the breakdown:
400 IM easy
400 kick no fins
800 free
800 finger paddles
1600 Star Trek paddles
1600 no strap paddles
400 IM easy
6,000 yards total in 1:55
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