Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Colder than Walden in May


The pool has been pretty cold lately, but today it seemed a bit colder than normal. Sure, there were the usual screams of "zoinks!" and "wowza!" coming from the swimmers as they jumped in, but there was a bit more of an edge today. But how, you ask, did I know it was colder than Walden in May? Because R, after finishing one 50, came to the wall and (reflecting the general sentiment of all swimmers) said "holy (bleep)(bleep)! This (bleep) is so (bleep)(bleep)!" Now I have swam with R at Walden in May, but I have never heard any of that come out of her mouth so I know it's cold. Henry David Thoreau might have awakened from his resting spot if so. But it's funny, once you warm up, the sentiment for all swimmers changes to "what a delightful workout in this refreshing pool!"

350 warmup
12 x 50 odds free :50, evens stroke :50
5 x 200 going:
odd free hypoxic 5,7,3,5 on 3:00
events stroke/stroke on 3:40
50 easy
Four times thru:
50 fast on :40
75 cruise on 1:2
50 stroke fast on :45
75 cruise on 1:35
2 x 100 on 1:20
2 x 100 on 1:30
2 x 100 on 1:40

Great bleeping job, everyone!

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