Thursday, May 15, 2008

A Super-sized Country (1000m+)

The parents convinced me to go to their water aerobics class tonight. While they were jogging, I swam laps in the deep end, width way across 6 lanes--better than the length of the NYC pool, but still no lap pool. And I was dodging people with those floating belts on who were just hanging out. I sculled faster than they moved. Anyway....the water is 87F, so even if I had wanted to swim at a good pace, it was impossibly warm in there! But I think the most shocking 'reverse culture shock' moment was being in the changing room after the water aerobics class! OMG! Americans are HUGE! And it's disgusting! I don't think I have EVER showered with women that large before and I've never had to see what I saw. And I never want to. I was shocked! I NEVER saw anything like it in my three years of swimming and visiting public baths in Japan. And even in the UK I didn't notice that level of obesity. This country is out of control.

Total: 45min maybe 1000+m

2 comments:

Joe said...

I almost lost my breakfast just thinking about that shower scene.

87 degrees is HOT.

Anonymous said...

Kirsten,
It is great to see your blog and your everlasting connection to being a Mad Duck! Would love to see you when you come back... you better be coming back!
Coach Erin