Sunday - Jan 13, 2013 - Swim

Sunday - January 13, 2013

Crappy, rainy day in Cincinnati.  But, it is still pretty warm out.  I did 60 pushup earlier, before lunch. 

After the kids' naps, we went to the JCC's indoor water park, which is next to the lap lanes.  My wife and I took turns watching the kids so the other could swim.  I got in 20 laps, and practiced doing flip turns at the end.  It is much harder than it looks!  I tried it three times.  The first time I got a nose full of water and flipped out.  The second time I blew out my nose, but wound up at the bottom of the deep end, disoriented.  The third time I was able to push off and head back the right way.  I'll need more practice to get this down.  It's surprisingly tricky. 

We just ate dinner, and I'll do another 40 - 60 pushups and 100 crunches before going to bed.  Tomorrow is speed work.  I'm debating running in the rain, if it's raining tomorrow morning, just so I can stay on schedule.  I hate missing runs and trying to squeeze them in later.  It will either be 3 or 5 miles of "intense" speed work.  I think I'd like to try 3 miles of "intense" speed work, to really kick my butt.  I only get one day of speed work each week, so I need to make it count.