Just like old times...

It was an awesome day in the lane today, with BB, C, E, R, IW, and me. And just like the old days, we spent the first 15 minutes gabbing on deck. Topics included how fast the college swimmers were, vacations, taking it easy on warmups, and treadmill accidents. And proving that what's old is new, we learned that C was going to the Steely Dan concert tonight and BB was taking his kids to see AC/DC next week. Just like 40 is the new 30, maybe AC/DC is the new Jonas Brothers? Anyway, Carmen seemed to be on fire even before we hit the water so IW suggested I toy with him by messing up the intervals. But as you will see, there were very few intervals to mess up. One wonders if the pattern in the main set today was intended to focus us or obfuscate us. I'll let you, the reader, decide.

200 swim
2 x 100 kick
300 on 4:50, first 100 fast
300 on 4:40, second 100 fast
300 on 4:30, third 100 fast
1500 swim going:
1 50 easy
2 50s hard
1 50 easy
3 50s hard
1 50 easy
4 50s hard
1 50 easy
5 50s hard
1 50 easy
4 50s hard
1 50 easy
3 50s hard
1 50 easy
2 50s hard
Then:
3 x 150 on 3:00 (hard on 3rd 50 for 1st, 2nd for 2, 1st for 3)

The tough part of this was the 3 x 300 at the beginning fast. I think that was Bill's way of punishing us for not warming up, and it worked. But the 1500 was good, enabling us to get into a groove and look forward to the easy 50s. At the end of the set BB looked over at the aqua aerobics and wondered out loud if that would be us in a few years. IW responded that who knows, but they'll still be playing our music, which I think was Footloose today.

Health tip of the day: If you plan to run on a treadmill, make sure it is in the "off" position when you get on.