I SWAM! I WENT TO THE POOL!

SWIM! 1000 yards in 30 mins
BIKE COMMUTE 9.5 miles

I did it! I've been saying all January that "next Monday I'll get to the pool" and when Monday comes I don't. The recent joke has been that the Resolution'ers will be clogging up the gym, I should wait until February when the drop out. Excuses.

This Monday made it easy, the doggie had a vet appt at 930. Further, I needed to stop by the mattress store to finish that order. With lab meetings now in the afternoons, Monday mornings are open, this one especially. The plan was to hit the gym, mattress, vet, drop dog at home, then bike to work. WIN!

I did it! (As you may have guessed). I dug out my long-carried but rarely-accessed swim bag in the back of the truck, remembered as I grabbed it that I forgot my padlock, walked into and by habit pulled out my membership card and grabbed a towel, got to the pool deck and saw my lifeguard friend. His hair was cut short so I had to look twice,

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, and sure enough it was him. I was smiling like a nut, waved, and gave him a quick hug. Short convo, then started unpacking, wondering aloud what I'd forget. Duh, swim cap! Finally got in the water.

As in July when I last swam, the first few laps felt so easy. Then muscle fatigue kicked in. I started slowing and looking forward to a kickboard or pull set. The training plan had 5x200 sets but I was fading out before the end of a 200. I modified as needed. I timed two 50's easy and unpushed at 59 seconds. Not sure where I left off in 2015 or 2014, I wasn't timing easy 50's at that time. But that's not a bad time to start out at.

The back was just fine. The left shoulder had two pops, not painful but an uncomfortable feeling that came and went. But I'm sure I'll feel more in a few hours or another day as the newly worked muscles start talking!