5:10 a.m.: Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! (Alarm)
SMACK!!!(My handing smacking the snooze button)
5:17 a.m.: Repeat…
5:24 a.m.: Repeat…
5:31 a.m.: J.T.: “Lana, get on up, and go swim. You know you’ll feel better afterwards.” (My husband’s politically correct way of saying ‘Please go swim – if you don’t you’re going to be an old grouch all day’)
Lana: “You’re right, I’m going.”
…15 minutes later, sitting on the side of the pool
Water: “Don’t look at me like that. I haven’t done anything to you.”
Lana: “Yeah, whatever. Are you gonna be nice to me like you were Monday or what?”
Water: “I’m the same every day. It’s you that has the problem. Don’t be blaming it on me.”
Lana: “Touche! Simmer down now. I’m here, ya know. Not in bed where I want to be. I’d just like to go away feeling somewhere between okay and good. Not discouraged.”
Water: “Well, sitting there staring at me isn’t doing you any good.”
I get in and start swimming. I don’t feel that great, and near then end of my 500 yd warmup Michele reminds me that my head is down too much. I fix it, and it feels much easier. Then I do 500 yds with fins, slowly, focusing on gliding and breathing every third stroke. Then 5 x 200s freestyle.
The first one – 3:50.
Lana: “Hmmm, that’s not bad. I probably can’t do it again, but not bad.”
Second one – 3:50.
“I’ll take it.”
Third one – 3:50 again.
“Yes!”
Fourth one – 3:50.
“Whew..one more. Hold this pace once more.”
Fifth one – 3:45.
“Now that’s what I’m talkin’ ‘bout,” getting out of the pool with no outward expression but jumping up and down on the inside.
Water: “Yeah, well, come and see me more often and maybe we can get a long a little better, huh?”
Lana: “Alright, maybe…but don’t even think we’re friends. Just because I had two pretty good days in a row doesn’t mean I feel any friend-like affection to you, dude. You are necessary to get me to the bike; therefore, I have to put up with you. Now…you start getting me to my bike in a position where I’m not chasing the rest of the pack the entire race, and we’ll talk about friendship.”
Water: “Like I said, come back and see me more often. Relationships take work, ya know.”
I won’t even go into why I was swimming this morning instead of swim class last night. I’m sure Michele will explain, so check her blog to find out. I’m supposed to do a 40 minute run today w/ a 30 minute time trial. Now I’m not so sure I have my heart monitor with me.
Baseball news:
Briar got a 2 RBI single last night! He plays (scrimmages) again tonight. No T-Ball practice for Bo until Friday.
4 comments:
Whooo! What great, consistent times! Things are getting better!
(I also swim only to get me to the bike part....)
Wow! That's some very impressive pace-holding!
You looked great out there this morning. I can really see the improvement. Awesome job on the 500s
Holy aqua-woMAN! you and the water seem to be getting along swimmingly.
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