Wednesday, April 9, 2008

I am a Master Swimmer! Well sort of...

Soooooooo I went to my first master’s swim at Hathaway Browne last night! And….there were only 3 people counting me, so it’s not much of a master’s swim. But my oh my the pool is to die for. It’s huge and so blue and clean and the ceiling is so high and the building is glass, it’s just a gorgeous natatorium. I am so jealous that people get to go to a high school like this. The water was actually cold! And you know what, I didn’t get nearly as fatigued. The water at the JCC is like a bathtub and the pool is so dingy compared to this place. Although there are so few people, I think it’ll be worth $10 a week to swim twice at HB until the end of May when the school closes. By then maybe I will feel comfortable doing actual workouts written on a board and comfortable with swimming by the clock, etc and ready to move to a “real” master’s swim. Supposedly there is some outdoor pool in my area that everyone goes to in the morning for a master’s swim, I need to do some research into that. But the gal in charge of the HB master’s was nice and gave me some good tips. I ended up swimming 2700 yards (out of the 3500 that were on the board, but I started a few mins late and talked to the coach a few times, so I think I could have at least gotten 3200 if I swam the whole 1:15). I only used my fins for 300 yards! So, I am happy. I will go again on Thurs. If anyone on the East side is looking for a place to swim, come join me! 7:30-8:45 on Tu/Th.

I was going to go to spinning this morning, but my knee really hurts. I have to do 20 miles this Sat and that is what is most important this week, so I skipped spinning and did some light weights. Tonight I’ll do an easy spin on the trainer for 30-45 mins. Tomorrow I need to run 5 miles, Friday will probably be a rest day and then Sat I will be running 10 of the 20 miles with my sister in law. Then we are hitting the maple festival in Chardon and I have a fundraiser for Shar Pei Savers and a birthday party Sat night. I am going to be exhausted.

5 comments:

Papa Louie said...

Congratulations master swimmer. Sounds like a good swimming experience at HB.
Good luck with your 20 miler.

Patricio said...

I would love to join you guys... where I swim (Gold's Gym).. it's just me and .... not a soul more...
Hope the knee feels better.
P

Steve Stenzel said...

Take it easy on that knee!

And "natatorium" always makes me giggle. Just like "fartlek"... Sorry I'm so immature.

ramblings of a runnner said...

nice job on the swimming! You are going to be a swimming machine before you know it! Hope your knee gets better soon. What type of clips did you say that you bought? - i really need to bite the bullet and bought some - but it sounds like you aren't real happy with yours...

triguyjt said...

i have heard how great thta pool is..

good for you....you masters swimmer

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