1600m

500s
100brst
500p
300k
200s (25fr, 100brst, 25fr)

Total: 1600m 45min.

A crowded evening at the pool. My arms are a a little sore from Monday, but not much else to say.

1600m

500s
500p
200k
3x100IM
100s

Total: 1600m 40min

Even though I had just eaten lunch (thai curry with rice) I was still hungry and felt the hunger pains throughout my swim. There were a few flailing swimmers in the one lane, so I was constantly trying to swim around them, or trying to be polite and swim behind them until the wall. It is a constant battle between swimming at speed and being polite. The forecast predicts snow this weekend, I don't buy it. But either way, probably will avoid campus if at all possible. So it'll be Monday before I get back to the pool.

1600m

500s
300p
300k fast
100brst
3x100 IM drill
100s

Total: 1600m 40min

I had a little friendly competition in the pool today. While I was kicking another guy was kicking too. We were both going as fast as we could to try and stay pack with each other. He ended up passing me and got about 1/2 length ahead because I let other people pass. But it was fun to have someone pushing me like that. I don't think he liked the fact that my brst kick was so fast! Seemed to piss him off! A little friendly non-verbal competition is always fun!

I won't go into all the ettiquete problems there were tonight! Oh my!

1600m

500s
400p
200k fr/brst alt
200brst
100k fly
100k brst
100s

Total: 1600m 45min

Three days in a row--I'm on a roll! Yahoo! I'm on campus late tonight and tried the evening swim. Much better than the lunch swim. There are a few more serious swimmers, one guy was lapping us all and even did a few 25m sprints. But I think he was swimming in boxer shorts! Ha ha ha! With so many people in the lane, I find I swim faster and harder. I rest a lot less because there are so many people waiting around at the wall....no need for akwardness and I don't feel like being social. I still can barely understand what anyone says around these parts! English-English feels more foreign than Japanese or Tamil! It does feel good to be back in the water again. Although I doubt I'm going to be doing any sets like I was doing in Japan. The lap lane set-up just isn't conducive to swimming on the clock. This is going to be about endurance swimming--long and fast!

24km & 1600m

Bike to Ducks 4km
Bike to pool 10km
500s
200brst
200bk
4x25fly on 1:00
100brst
300k
200s
Bike home 10km

Total: 24km bike, 1600m swim in 2.5 hrs

San Tache and I headed to the pool again today on our bikes! Another windy day, but it was nice and warm. Unfortunately, so was the water!! But felt good to be on the bike and in the pool two days in a row. My breaststroke is feeling stronger! I need to do some breaststroke sets in the next few weeks! And now it's time to pack the car for the flea market!! Eek!!

KMSC 1600m

500s/300p
12x50 back drills/brst drills/free
200s

Total 1600m 70min

Another new sub coach tonight. I was just glad they didn't ask me...I wasn't in the mood. But she had me demo several of the drills. Glad I could help out! The big topic of tonight...my four suits!! I've upgraded. When I first started last year I was wearing two, then a few months back I upgraded to three, and since last week--I'm wearing 4 suits! One has knots in the straps because it was getting so baggy! Ha ha ha...lots of comments tonight!! When I first started swimming I didn't see ANYONE doubling up. They are all about high fashion swim wear! The practice in $150+ suits!! And almost all the women wear the half-leg suits! But recently I have noticed a few swimmers doubling! The little girl who trains alone every Monday night has started wearing two. And the woman who calls me 'sexy' and 'beauitful' in the locker room started wearing two. And I caught another Masters swimmer wearing two!! Hmmm?? I don't want to take responsibility for starting a trend, but one might wonder why they are starting to double up all of a sudden! The question is...will they follow the triple or quad suit trend????

I'm too cheap to buy new suits! I'm still wearing my racing suit from college. It would be about 7 years old now! Now, that's quality! I bought a few in Korea last year. I've worn one down to the threads, the other two I'm saving until these four really can't be worn any longer!!

1600m

1000s
200p
200IM SLOW
200 random

Total: 1600m 45min

I've had this damn cold for weeks. So this weekend I decided I needed to take it easy...no going out, no parties, no snowboarding, no hanging out with friends...NOTHING. Except, Linea and I went for a swim tonight. We both needed out of our apartments and to stretch these muscles that haven't been used much lately!

It was a slow slow swim. But the water always feels good and hopefully it loosened up the gunk in my sinuses.

1600m

It's been how long since I was in the pool?? I don't even want to think about it. I should have waited a few hours and gone to the Masters practice, but I was near the pool and I HATE making more trips than necessary. Just a quick 40 minute stretch out after a LONG LONG holiday and a day or boarding on Saturday! Man, my calves are sore!

500s
500k
500p
100s

Total: 1600 40 min.

The next Masters meet is in March, the weekend after my birthday. The one weekend I was thinking of going to Tokyo! Hmm? What to do? Stay and swim or go and enjoy Tokyo? That might be easier than I thought!!