Just like a coctail party...

It's rare to have a place where so many different people with different careers, opinions, and outlooks can gather in one place and all get along (for the most part.) That is masters swimming. There are certain things that we swimmers rarely talk about at practice, like politics, work, or religion. It's kind of an unwritten rule, just like when you go to a coctail party but there is no alcohol and nobody cares that you are scantily dressed. But it's amazing how little we really know about all the people we swim with. We stick to topics like the pool, our coach, who said what to whom and in what tone of voice, who crashed during the workout, etc., and that's pretty much it. There are, of course, exceptions for some of us who are friends outside of the pool, but the truth is that we are in a swimocracy every morning. In your day job you may be finding a cure for cancer or solving the nation's financial crisis but between 6am and 7:30am, it's really all about whether you kept the intervals.

150 warmup
12 x 25 going drill/build
3 x 100 count strokes
6 x 50 middle of the pool
100 on 1:20
50 stroke on :60
2 x 25 on :40
100 on 1:15
50 stroke on :55
2 x 25 on :40
100 on 1:20
50 stroke on :50
2 x 25 on :40
100 on 1:15
50 stroke on :45
2 x 25 on :40
100 stroke on 1:45
50 free on :50
2 x 25 on :40
100 stroke on 1:40
50 free on :50
2 x 25 on :40
100 stroke on 1:45
50 free on :50
2 x 25 on :40
100 stroke on 1:40
50 free on :50
2 x 25 on :40
4 x 100 going odds swim, evens kick

Let the record show that I did the kick set today. Lots of L3ers today, BB, E, IW, C, SB, and me. What happened to Lane 4? Nobody showed up, so we got to use your lane, thanks.