I'd forgotten how lovely it is to spend some good quality time with my TYR suit and goggles and my Speedo swim cap. Well, today it was a swim cap channeling Finding Nemo, a gift from my friend Gina. It even has a fin and tail that stick out of my head! I should post a picture...
Today, my day off, I met my old swimming (and Human Factors and Ergonomics) buddy, Gina, for a dip in the LA Fitness pool. We took a swim class at the U together and did many swimming workouts after. Gina was a swimmer in high school so she has significantly better technique and therefore speed. But, I can hold my own in the breast stroke.
We started with a 200 meter warm-up. Wow I am not in swimming shape. A 200 free should not be difficult but whew, it was. We then moved on to doing 10 100's. We alternated between freestyle, backstroke (blech) and breast stroke, every 100. I must say it wasn't too bad. We made it through, despite having not been in the pool since at least August. I've gotta get more pool time in for cross training. It's so wonderful and so much less painful on the joints. The total was 1200 meters. 1600 is a mile so, next time we'll work on getting there.
After our workout, we had a nice lunch at Acapulco. I also haven't been there in a long time. Probably not since my 23rd birthday. Mmmmm...best queso dip ever.
UPDATE: My body is a little stiff today. I think it's time to spend more time in the water.
I took a water aerobics class in college and LOVED it (so much, in fact, that I didn't mind getting up at 5:30 AM for it). But I've never tried swimming laps
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