So I lost a pound, but I still am not were I was at the start of December. See it took one week to put on four pounds and is taking me four weeks to take it off. Bummer.
So today at swimming it was kind of hard. Last night I was having severe leg cramps, and I was sure it would carryover into the morning. I got to the pool and watched the guy in the lane next to me swim. He was doing 20 strokes per length, he looked like he was going slow, but that happens when you take fewer strokes, but when I started to swim, he lapped me three times before I got done with the warm up (and coming up to the fourth by the time I was done.)
So when LZ got there I was debating whether to tell her I needed to go easy because of the leg cramps, but I decided we would wait and see if I got them first before complaining. So she had a fairly packed workout for me, and she told me in her nice way for me to shut up in between sets. I thought it was kind of funny, she has my number. So I was to finish up with an all out 150. She told me how fast she wanted me to go. I nodded my head, but honestly, I just go as fast as I can, I have no idea whatsoever how fast I am going.
She told me I would probably get tired on the second half of the second fifty, but to work through it. Yea okay. I just smiled and nodded my head. As they say these days it is what it is.
So I now remember why I quit all those years ago. I was hurting going into the last fifty, and I was wondering how she would feel if I just let go and glided in. I was completely anaerobic and I was - well - by the end it was a struggle to just finish up. But she asked me to do 2:45 - 2:40, and I was praying if I hadn't made it, it would a least be be under 2:50. She explained before I started that she really would like to see it more towards 2:40 the 2:45. The last ten yards, I was hoping I would make it to the wall to even get a time. But I did it. 2:38. She was happy - I was shocked. Still I am not sure that it was worth the pain. You know all the BS about no pain no gain - just that BS. Oh well.
So today at swimming it was kind of hard. Last night I was having severe leg cramps, and I was sure it would carryover into the morning. I got to the pool and watched the guy in the lane next to me swim. He was doing 20 strokes per length, he looked like he was going slow, but that happens when you take fewer strokes, but when I started to swim, he lapped me three times before I got done with the warm up (and coming up to the fourth by the time I was done.)
So when LZ got there I was debating whether to tell her I needed to go easy because of the leg cramps, but I decided we would wait and see if I got them first before complaining. So she had a fairly packed workout for me, and she told me in her nice way for me to shut up in between sets. I thought it was kind of funny, she has my number. So I was to finish up with an all out 150. She told me how fast she wanted me to go. I nodded my head, but honestly, I just go as fast as I can, I have no idea whatsoever how fast I am going.
She told me I would probably get tired on the second half of the second fifty, but to work through it. Yea okay. I just smiled and nodded my head. As they say these days it is what it is.
So I now remember why I quit all those years ago. I was hurting going into the last fifty, and I was wondering how she would feel if I just let go and glided in. I was completely anaerobic and I was - well - by the end it was a struggle to just finish up. But she asked me to do 2:45 - 2:40, and I was praying if I hadn't made it, it would a least be be under 2:50. She explained before I started that she really would like to see it more towards 2:40 the 2:45. The last ten yards, I was hoping I would make it to the wall to even get a time. But I did it. 2:38. She was happy - I was shocked. Still I am not sure that it was worth the pain. You know all the BS about no pain no gain - just that BS. Oh well.
No pane, no gain is also the mantra of window repairmen
ReplyDeleteI don't know how good 2:38 is, but it sounds like you sure EXCEEDED expectations. Well done, Queen of the Lane T3!
Whoa! AWESOME!
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