I’m on vacation this week. Some of these posts may be a bit short, but they were written to give you something to read while I’m traveling as well as to continue on our ongoing themes:

Before you can run, you need to walk, the saying goes (although I have parents who swear their babies went straight from pulling themselves to stand to running full out), and before you can walk, you need to crawl. It took me years before I could do a complete 100 mile bike ride, despite the fact that many training programs claim you can do it within half a year–yes, you may be able to finish, but I doubt you can ride it well.

Right now, as far as swimming goes, I’m definitely crawling. I’m improving, yes, but I’m certainly not nearly as capable as my buddy I go with–granted, she tries to go as many as six times a week, and I have yet to go twice within a week.

That said, I appreciate the value of crawling; it’s the step in between flailing and walking, which is just before running. There are no shortcuts; I am no swimming prodigy (or any kind of athletic prodigy for that matter).

I don’t want to crawl forever, but I know if I’m going to get to running, I’ll need to crawl for awhile. The sooner I start with that, the sooner I’ll be done with it.

Bring on the crawl!