Run, Baby, Run….and bring your friends and family

That’s what my gym offers. I’ve swum on swim teams, played some waterpolo, swum with some Master’s groups, but never heard of or tried a “swim conditioning” class. Like a Master’s workout, I thought. Not exactly….

What was good:

1. I was in the middle of the pack. Neither the fastest or the slowest.
2. Decent sets with a good variety of free/stroke work/short/long/kick.
3. Got me there and swimmig at 6 am.
4. Seemed like a nice group.
5. I completed a 50 fly without drill for the first time in a while.

What was, different (not bad, decidedly different):

1. There were five of us. In 3 lanes.
2. Everybody started the send offs together.
3. The send-offs were too slow for the fast people and killing the slower people.
4. No circle swimming. (Still feel bad for the woman a clocked with my windmill stroke….)
5. The “coach/instructor” swam the workout too. “This is the job I need!” I thought. “Write and workout and get paid to swim it!”
6. Lots of rest….

So….did I like it? I did. Was it the hardest workout I’ve done? Not so much. Here it is, for those interested, but I can’t remember the send-offs.

w/u:
200 free, 150 nf, 100 im, 50 kick
6×25 pace

main set:
50 nf (1:15), 100 free
50 nf (1:15), 150 free
50 nf (1:15), 200 free
50 nf (1:15), 250 free
50 nf (1:15), 300 free
50 nf

4×50 free (1:00)

2×100 fly kick

100 cool down

And more quotes from my three year old. He loves plums. I was trying to explain that they grow in the spring, when the leaves come out. “I have a great idea, mommy! We can go get new leaves and tape them onto the trees. There will be leaves and plums.” “Interesting thought, T. We just get new leaves?” “Yes. From the store. From the grocery store. And them tape them on.” (Imagine a withering “of course, you idiot!” look from a three year old here.)

Last question: Anybody know if there’s any recreational adult water-polo around Seattle? Summer or winter?

Workout:

• Type: Swim
• Date: 12/12/2007
• Time: 06:00:00
• Total Time: 00:55:00.00
• Distance: 2,500 yd
• Average Pace: 2:11.96/100yd