DCAC menance

Monday: Swim 40 minutes

So I have backed off significantly on the training side. It's totally killing me, but my knee is *still* hurting and it's so early in the season that I know if I don't let it heal it will dog me until the fall. Besides, MD yelled at me for pushing myself too hard and I was all petulant about it, ("FINE. I WON'T train. So there. stomp stomp stomp.") But I had to admit she was right. I've got nothing to gain from ignoring it.

So it's been all about the pool lately. I honestly have no idea how far I went on Monday. It was a great great swim. But I got there late - around 7:20 - and the Master's swim team has practice from 8 to 9:30, so around 7:45 I'm working through my laps and I look up to see that there are all these people standing, fully dressed at the other end of the pool, watching everyone in the lanes. Every time I did a 50 and got back to the other side, there were more of them. As it ticked closer and closer to 8, the clothing started disappearing until there was this wall of 40 beautifully scultped, toned gorgeous people holding their googles and standing with their arms crossed, waiting. It was the most unnerving thing that has happened to me in weeks. In some ways I was grateful for it because it made me incredibly conscious of my form (and trying not to flail in the water), on the other hand it was bad because I was so busy concentrating on looking like I knew I was I was doing that I have absolutely no idea how many laps I swam. I think it was a lot. But the other really good thing is that I swam my first 100! I went slowly and methodically and it was actually pretty easy. I think I'm going to try to do a few sets of those on Wednesday - and when I work up to about ten sets then maybe I'll join the masters team so I can can be the one looking sculpted and bored at the other end of the pool, waiting for the novices to clear the lanes.