Long swims and glacial erratics

Swim workout 4/24:

warm-up:
3 x 100 w/50 drill in between

main set:
200 (1 min rest)
800 (1 min rest)
4 x 50 hard (:10 rest)
200 easy (:20 rest)
4 x 50 hard (:10 rest)
200 easy (:20 rest)
4 x 50 hard (:10 rest)

cool down:
4 x 50 easy

I didn't finish this work out last night but I'm OK with that. By the second set of 4 x50's my body was slowing down. The 800 felt great but it was the longest I've swam without a break in a long time. I think I need to swim more on my own time. (Which is something I've been neglecting because it's my strongest section of the tri at the point.)

I've taken my bike out a few times and have yet to fall in front of other people. I have managed to fall in my apartment while practicing clipping in to the pedals. Important note to self: you must be going forward before you even attempt to clip your second foot in or you will fall over. While it makes for a good story (falling over in ones kitchen on their new bike is always good for a laugh) it's not recommended.

Rehearsals start up soon for the operas. I've changed my work schedule to 7:00 - 3:45 so I'll have time to train before rehearsal every day. (hopefully.)

One thing that's great about training (and especially swimming) is I get a lot of time with my thoughts - even when I'm listening to my iPod while running or biking. While swimming I have a tendency to think about Tony. Probably because high school is when we became friends instead of annoyances of each other and I was on the swim team in high school. So here's a little more background about Tony and myself.

I don't remember the exact year Tony and his family moved in to the house behind ours but I'm pretty sure it was in elementary school - maybe around fourth grade for me. Our backyards shared a fence and a large glacial erratic (a large rock - the size of a VW bug - left behind by Eagle River Glacier when it receded up the valley). Because the rock was so large, it wasn't moved and the fence was built over the rock. Growing up, we would argue over whose rock it really was. I claimed we had more rock on our side of the fence and we had lived there longer and, therefor, it was my family's. Tony claimed they had more rock on their side of the fence. We never bothered to grab a tape measure from either of our fathers to measure it. I don't think it would have mattered. We still would have fought about it. I also used to try to annoy Tony by sitting in my window and singing loudly. I'm pretty confident I succeeded.

Namaste

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