Holiday gift ideas

It's never too early to start thinking about what to get your favorite swimmer this holiday season. Imagine the delight in you loved one's eyes when they open that shiny new pair of goggles (TRY Racetech), speedy new technical swimsuit (size 32), or adventure vacation (Bahamas, preferably.) But this morning a new gift idea came to me like a vision, right there on deck! Yes, it is the 2010 "Men of Lane 3" calendar! I can already see Dr. Bob with his stethoscope, SBB stretching on deck with his trusty pull bouy by his side, BB with his Blackberry and New York Times, or an action shot of IW doing research. And there is plenty of room for coach Bill and the men in other lanes, too (there is a reason why we have twelve months in a year!) Why did I envision this? Because all the men (minus SBB) had their L3 suits on today. E, the mastermind behind our uniforms, was watching it all from above. It was pretty hilarious, and I won't go into details, but will just say that it is hard to laugh and swim at the same time.

Now, for our workout:

300 on own
25 swim
50 gallup kick
75 drill
100 IM or stroke
25 kick
50 swim
75 drill
2 x 100 IM or stroke
6 x 50 backstroke kick with fins
MAIN:
500 work it on 7:30
500 pull on :60r
5 x 100 on 1:25
500 work it on 7:30
500 fast

We ran out of time so did our fast one fourth and did a 200 at the end. BB was on fire today, 6:08 for the 500 and IW a 6:30. I did my best at 6:32, but was reminded that when it's time to get up and go, my speed got up and went. Fun day today, happy weekend.

p.s. don't worry, the women of L3 will have our photos on coffee mugs or something
p.p.s. I am serious about the calendar, boys