a fun swim

Got an e-mail yesterday from a tri-friend...the tri-friend coached by the same coach as CRAIG ALEXANDER...yeah, that one!! She was looking for some company in the pool today. So I dragged my sorry arse out of bed at 5:00am, had some breakfast, did my stretches and headed down to the local YWCA. I don't think I have been in that pool since I was a kid. I remember we used to run around the bridges, University bridge to the Broadway bridge and back to the YWCA and then do our swim workout. Them were the days.

Anyway, we did a Nick White (CRAIG ALEXANDER'S COACH) special. (Can you tell I am totally dropping this name whenever I can...?) A 200 warm-up, 200 kick and then 6 times 200 freestyle (I did about half of them IM) and then a 200 warm down. The pool was really warm...I mean really warm....the hot tub/whirlpool is off to the side but still drains into the big pool!! I think the workout was actually supposed to be well over 2000 meters but we were chatting and catching up. And the pool does not open now until 6:15 (we thought and the website said 6:00am) so we only had 45 minutes. But I can feel it in my arms and shoulders that I have not been in the pool for several weeks. Was a fun morning!!

4 degrees...

My tri coach is Justin.
Justin is with Carmichael Training Systems.
Justin works out of their Tucson location.
He shares offices with Nick White.
Who happens to coach.....my tri-friend and local superstar, Shannon.
He ALSO coaches someone by the name of
CRAIG ALEXANDER who just won a little race in Hawaii this past weekend.

Could I say we are "team mates"?

Lookie at what's back in style...

Leg warmers!! And funky cool ones at that...see the buttons?

I am thinking about a pair for my running tights...

Went to my first Sunday swim for the year today. Drills, drills and more drills. Boring but necessary. An old swimming buddy showed up today, Tammy. She was going to jump in a bit slower lane and I said oh no, you are swimming up here with me!! She will be fun to have at the pool.

a fine Saturday morning

Was up and at it at 6:00 today as I wanted to get a run in. I was aiming for 30 minutes of running and 30 minutes of walking. To try my leg out and see how it has liked all the stretching I have been doing!! But Luke had other plans...he was up at about 6:15 and had no intentions of going back to sleep. So we played for a bit and tried to be quiet but that is a hard task for a 2 year old...so I bundled him up, threw him in the stroller and we walked for about an hour. And you can really work up a sweat while walking fast and pushing a stroller!! Was an absolutely gorgeous morning! The sun was just coming up and we stopped for a minute for a Booster Juice for him and a Roastery coffee for me. Ran into a few of the guys from the tri-club and got the question I have been getting for the last few months "How bout those stock markets?" AHHH!!!! Leave me alone about work!! I don't want to think/talk about it while buying a coffee!! I seriously try not to talk about work (ever) when with the tri-club but I guess lately it comes with the job. People just want to know what is going on and the media irritates me on how they have handled things so I feel responsible to set the record straight.
Up next is a swim tomorrow morning. First time in the water since the triathlon up at Waskesiu in August. And before that, I had not been in the water since the half ironman at the beginning of July....my arms and body hurt just thinking about tomorrow morning!!

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