Swimming Again

Not really all that much to report, and it's getting a bit late and I'm a bit tired so this will likely be a short post. I went for something a little different at the pool this afternoon since the straight 1500m swims have gotten so boring. I set my watch for 3:30 intervals and did 10X200m for a total of 2000m. After each rep I had between 37 and 45 seconds rest, so that means I was swimming a bit faster than the usual 1:30/100m pace, and that was good. A couple of slow people in the lane were not exactly helping out either and I had a bit of an altercation with this one guy who kept getting passed by yours truly and everyone else in the lane, yet he refused to swallow whatever pride he had (along with the chlorinated water that he seemed to ingest with every attempt at a breath) and move over to a more appropriate lane speed-wise. He also had this rather strange serpentine stroke that took up a good three-quarters of the available space so passing him was always a bit perilous with other swimmers heading the other way straight towards me. On one of these occasions I had to squeeze right beside him and ended up pushing him right against the lane rope in order to not collide with the oncoming traffic. I did manage to leave a long scrape down the side of his leg with my fingernails, and no, I did/do NOT feel bad about it.

Tonight was a bit of a hectic night with yet another baseball game to coach. The kids played great and we pulled out a come from behind win, which was nice. More importantly, some of the kids that have been struggling at the plate got some awesome hits. Others made terrific plays in the field that surprised everyone, especially themselves.

By the time I returned home there wasn't time for much other than grabbing some food and icing my knees. I am pretty much finished that and would like to do some light stretching when they warm up. My knees are both feeling a bit off, likely from all the biking and sitting I've had to do at work, but I hope that tomorrow they feel better. Even though it's closing in on 10pm I'd like to think that some sit ups and push ups may still get done...