Monday, February 21, 2011

The opposite of bonk

This morning I got up at 5:15 and was in the pool at
6am to start my swim with Masters:

50 setup lane lines
300 easy
450 - 9 x 50s (3 sets of 3 easy/med/hard)
50 fly
400 - 4 x 100s IM on 1:45
100 - 2 x 50s back
400 - 4 x 100s IM on 1:45
150 - 3 x 50s breast on 1:00
400 - 4 x 100s IM on 1:45
100 easy
500 - 5 x 100s pull on 1:15
200 kick
100 easy
Then I moved to the north side and did:
2000 pull
150 back
2000 free no equip
150 back
2000 pull
150 back
2000 free no equip
150 back
2000 pull
150 back
2000 free no equip
150 back
2000 pull
100 easy
1000 kick

20,000 yards total

On the way to the pool I stopped at Maverick and picked up a sausage egg bundle. These things are so good! I knew that the fuel it would provide would be critical and boy was I right!  My left shoulder was a little annoyed right from the start, but surprisingly once I got to about 15,000 yards it was totally fine and was at 100%.  Weird.  Usually its the other way around.

There were several people throughout the duration of today's workout that pushed me.  The same fast lady from last week, as well as Brad.

About 4 hours into my workout I was taking a breath to the right just before a flip turn and saw what appeared to be a slender young woman with bikini bottoms and no top.  She was sitting on the side of the pool facing the south end facing away from me.  It freaked me out.

After taking a second look to confirm my eyes where just playing games with me, It ended up being a long haired guy who was wearing a speedo.  He was very feminine and I about threw up in my mouth as I continued on with my laps.  It should be a law that dudes with long hair shouldn't wear speedos.  Speedos are bad enough on men who actually look like men.  But a dude that looks like a lady?  That's so wrong.

My bud Josh Green last weekend did a polar plunge.  I was at my Grandmas helping her out.  And to be honest, I was glad I had an excuse, that is some cold water!!!!  Here's some video of him and his brother doing the plunge.  I admire the mind over matter aspect of this....

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