Chlorine overdose induce ramblings

It’s been a good couple of days here. I’ve been hitting the pool pretty hard and find it frustrating that my 100 repeats aren’t coming down. In college repeating 500’s on 5:30 was easy. Now of course I realize I was 20 and I fueled primarily on beer and freshmen. Each lane had 6 people in creating quite the whirpool effect. Now let me stop here…I’ve just reminded my self of a serious issue plaguing the pool each morning. I know exactly how it’s going to work as soon as I walk up to the doors. Now that each workout is around 6000 yards I need to get there right when the pool opens, so I’m stuck in the breezeway with the “early” morning elites (hardly) rolling their eyes at my presence. As soon as that door opens it’s like a bunch of 3rd graders rushing out to recess. Clothes are flyin’ as they sprint for the locker room. A virtual congo line form for 3 second showers, dripping water all over my shit as they jog through the locker room. Now I am trying to be accepting of these people. Their eagerness to own a lane is unprecedented. Usually I get out their and take the far left double lane where I have to flip in a 22” opening between the geriatric ladder while trying not to splash ol’ betty as she aqua limps. On Wednesdays I’m going long and want a lane. I get out there and there it is. A spectacular showing of sidestroke and fins. I especially love the guy with the swim cap (over ¼ inch hair), paddles, fin, and kickboard. Hell, wear if you got it his t-shirt says. I suppose this is all my fault. I didn’t read the morning swim etiquette that states in section c titled sucky swimmers, sub part a, reading…no one shall knowingly enter the lane of a person who flips and flops for almost 300 yards a day like a flaming idiot. Maybe, I’m being a little rough on these people. However, half of NE Ohio is doing IMKY and would like a lane or 2. I only request half a lane. I can do it, I can swim in a strait line. It’s tough but, I practice really hard on it. I wouldn’t have gone off on this rant if one of these people didn’t roll their eyes at me as I asked them to share a lane and reply with an “I guess”. For the record, most everyone else is nice. Since they dropped the pool temp the elderly seem to workout in the hot tub more. Another comment was, “They need to have signups like the treadmills, and only give people a half hour” OK tardo, you go float on your back for 30, I got 120 minutes of a big boy workout to do. Why?...cause I sweat awesome and fins are for girls. (zoomers excluded)

Huh. I feel better. Much better.

This 4 day week is killing me. I’m trying to drop a few pounds before I go on vacation. I mean fat guys don’t look cool drinking natty lite out of a plastic cup poolside. So I figure lets get a little skinny. As if the wife and kids won’t ruin my game anyhow. JK. Natalie has gone on the movie star diet…workout and don’t eat. I ve told her that’s bad but, she wants to look like Veronica Vaugn…one piece of ASH, I should know.

Here’s how the week looks:

M- 60 min. spin, 15 min run
T- 5500 swim, 4 mi. run
W- 6500 swim (1500 WU, 2000pace on 25min, 2x1000 on 13 min, 2x500 on 6:30)
Th- 5000 swim, 5 mi. run, 2hr spin
F- 4000 swim
S- 10-11 mile run
S- 60spin, 4 mile run

That's it. Maybe next week I'll complain about the cars on the road when I run .

In case you were wondering what that picture is. Yesterday I had witnessed a horrific attack by the elusive Loch Desk Monster on a Gummy bear family picnic. He must have been hiding behind my coffee cup next to my pc. No one could have for seen this tragedy. They will remain in my prayers...and belly.