Adding Sunday to the Swim Routine

I went out to swim this afternoon with some regrets that I was not on my bike. 60 degree days in January are so rare that had I thought about it even a little, I would have been out for a 30-miler on the bike today. Only some regrets, I suppose, because I had already intended to increase the swim workouts to 4/week last week (and instead only got in two). Adding the Sunday afternoon swim and a short Monday jog is my new approach to kicking things up a notch, yet again. The paradox I face is that without a clear structure, I do not get the motivation up for the workouts (this goes to the 'training for something' note I have been pushing on all week). But there is also a limiting factor in the structure---I have a rough workout plan that goes for the next 10 months---and the Shamrock Shuffle is on the wrong week which throws things off. At the same time, I am not going to skip a Chicago 8k that falls on an otherwise good weekend---and since my training plan is 29+ weeks long, we have enough of the long view available to adapt to these unforeseen opportunities. So I swam today because of structure when weather would have (and maybe should have) called me out onto the path on my bike---and I will swim tomorrow too---because the structure keeps me moving forward and helps me attain my goals, which are pretty important to my overall way in the world. Swimming is not exciting, but if I can keep ticking off the workouts, sooner or later I might be a good swimmer---and that is the long view at work.