Posted by Civilian Cort Belanger (Executive Assistant to Lt. Gov.) in It’s Going Swimmingly

Posted by Lieutenant Hannah Lori Asimina (Asst. Chief Medical Officer) in It’s Going Swimmingly

Posted by Civilian Cort Belanger (Executive Assistant to Lt. Gov.) in It’s Going Swimmingly
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Hannah shrugged, “I hate to stay idle. I like to move, but I’m having to be more careful than normal. Swimming seemed a good compromise.”

Hannah Asimina

“It’s a great workout for sure. As easy or as hard as you need it to be. It was my gateway into sports. My grandmother always said I was a fish as a kid.” Cort grinned. “When I was really little, I’d pretend I was swimming an ocean even though I was in the bath tub.” There was something freeing about being in the water that for him was unmatched by anything else. He knew others felt the same way about being in space, but he was a colony boy and preferred his firmly on the ground. Or in the water.

~Cort Belanger

“My mother loves the water. She taught me to swim in the ocean. I guess it was really a great lake before she let me near the ocean. We didn’t have swimming pools where I grew up. I love being outside, in nature, but there is something…more,” she made a gesture with her hands, “about the water. So what will you do? Do you think you can increase your time before the super sprint?”

Hannah

Belanger nodded slowly. “Most likely. I have three months to work on it, and I often find that once I’m training on the bike and doing the longer distance running, then it tends to improve my swim time a little. It’s just building up that bit of endurance again that I’ve lost. The rest is the conditioning I have to do in other areas.” It could be overwhelming for someone new to the sport, but he’d been doing triathlons off and on long enough that it didn’t faze him much anymore.

He took another swig and looked up at the large wall clock. “I should try one more set today, though I’m not expecting to improve my time. I’ve forgotten how much more energy it takes to race,” he said with a chuckle.

~Cort Belanger

“Improvement comes slowly until suddenly you notice it. It’s the practice, the repetition for the muscles that is important. Even if you aren’t going for speed, working on form can do just as much. Reminds your body of what it should be doing.” Hannah closed her eyes for a moment, her mouth pinching slightly before she blew out a breath and looked back at him. “Like climbing. I can do the advanced real difficult sections of the wall, but sometimes I still do the beginner sections and go slowly, to remind myself.”

Hannah

He nodded. “A bit of kinaesthetic memory and going back to basics.” Cort looked over the rippling water. It had been a long time since he’d done anything really focused that wasn’t about work. He looked back at Hannah. “I’d like to try climbing another day if you don’t mind giving me pointers. I’ll need to be cross-training anyway.”

~Cort Belanger

“An excuse to climb more? How could I ever turn that down?” Hannah grinned brightly her tone giving the impression she might be laughing. “My schedule is pretty routine. Just let me know when. As long as I’m not ship side I can make it work.”

Hannah