Handstands

I know I've been posting a lot lately. But I could probably never run out of things to talk about and the response has been good so far. Already, February has been the month with the most views. It just surpassed October, when this blog was all new and exciting, not to mention I raced all the time. Back then I thought this little blog would have to just kind of hibernate until the excitements of training camp and racing began again. It's almost like a journal to record my thoughts. But here's the great part: if you don't want to read it, you don't have to. Incredible, isn't it?

Anyways, I wanted to mention my newest strength and stabilization building exercise; handstands. It sounded a little strange at first to me too. But when my athletic therapist decided I should add it in, he did some with me the first time and surprisingly enough we were both able to pull off some pretty good handstands. Against a wall of course, but still. The idea was to try to be able to hold it for 20 seconds, 6 times a day. I figured this shouldn't be too hard. But 20 seconds is actually a really long time, when you are upside down with all your weight on your hands. I guess that's why we generally walk around on our feet. I have been trying to do this every day, sometimes people look at me kind of strangely when I do it outside of my home. Like while coaching kids at the Y (actually they kind of like it!) or at the track (but stranger things have been done there). Oh well, I'm getting better at it and it's actually kind of fun.

This week was also a progressive step; I swam twice. That's right, 2 x 15 minutes of swimming in one week. Junior Series, here I come. But first training camp. I'm going to quickly count the days so I can post it... ok it's 29 days till we leave for Arizona!!

Keep reading, cause I'll keep postin'.