This morning it was quite cold out. Let me let you in on a secret: On the first morning of a cold snap the water is freezing. By the second morning the pool staff has turned up the heat and leveled out the water temperature, and the water is fine. Frozen ground means a very cold swim. All that to say that today was the first day of the cold snap, and it took my breath away when I dove into the water. I thoroughly hate it when the water is cold, and I would love to spend the rest of my blog entry complaining: just griping about how it took me several laps to warm up and how once I got out of the pool, I was shivering so that I could hardly speak. I am not warm yet.
Despite the cold, I had a lovely swim. Workout as follows:
- 500 swim @ 8:00
- 4 x 50 kick
- 5 x 100 swim @ 1:45 (odd IM/ even free)
- 200 kick
- 200 pull
- 500 pull @ 7:30
- 4 x 50 kick
- 5 x 100 (odd kick/ even free)
- 200 kick
- 200 pull
After swim, I headed home and played with Ivan while I cleaned up around the house and fed us both some lunch. I had some turkey for lunch today and then some broccoli stir-fried with raw almonds and sunflower seeds. I stir-fried these in some oil, soy sauce and a bit of chopped sushi ginger. It was crazy delicious.
After lunch, Ivan had a nap, and I got ready to head into town to meet up with my husband's grandmother. We had a great time and I headed into work and from there to my running group party.
Running group party = lots of fun. I had great book talks and apparel debates. It is such an eclectic group of individuals with so many interests. I learned about a new book called Homer and Langley. It is by E.L. Doctorow, an author I have never read, but have always wanted to. So, I might plan to read that after my next non-fiction which is definitely American Lion. I am pretty excited about it.
Watching American Experience: The Story of Seabiscuit. Aaaaah, PBS!!!!!
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