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Swimming and Lightning

Headed down to the YMCA for my swim workout over lunch.

200 Swim
200 Pull Buoy
200 Kick
200 Pull Buoy

Then a bunch of 100 sprints.

Well, just as I was about to start my sprinting, the lifeguard blew my ears out with her whistle.

“Gotta get out of the pool. There’s lightning!”

Part of me wanted to get in her face and tell her I didn’t care about lightning. The other part saw it as an excellent excuse to not have to do a bunch of 100 meter sprints.  The third part of me remembered that “Every missed workout is a missed opportunity,” and that rang the loudest.

I can’t help but think that most lifeguards actually hate swimmers. I know it’s not social hour, but most give the impression that swimmers are wasting their time. I didn’t tell you to be a lifeguard and sit there bored for 8 hours!  But, I kinda get it too. The thought of being a lifeguard probably seems a lot cooler than it actually is, especially if you’re trapped in a sterile pool instead of a Baywatch beach. But that’s no reason to seem happy when lightning cancels my workout. Well, maybe it is.

Anyway, I guess I’ll have to settle for a tempo run in the rain after work.  Someone explain why I’m doing this again?

6 Replies to “Swimming and Lightning”

  1. You’re doing this because you want to know you’re as tough as you think you are. Because at the end of the day, “I’m an ironman” dispels a whole lots of heinous crap that can just pop into your gray matter. You’re doing this because a good workout makes you feel good – and a good, hard workout makes you feel like you just kicked your own ass – and you WON! That oughta do for now. If not, let me know and I’ll come up with a few more. Nice swim brother.

    1. Thanks, man! I appreciate it. There is a ton of gray that needs to be crystalized. I am definitely getting in the habit of enjoying kicking my own ass. Ha…

  2. Or you could just swim at the Sportsplex. The pool is grounded so there are no cancelled workouts when the weather’s bad. I’ve come out after long swim to realize tornadic weather was going down outside.

    1. I’m gonna give it a shot one of these days… I want to start swimming 50 meter pools… we’re heading out to the lake in under two weeks! You in?

      1. Yeah, check the Sportsplex schedule for Long Course days/times. It’s an awesome pool. Just don’t be shocked, it’s super cold at first.
        Heck yeah, I need to get out to some OWS. I have Dickson Endurance in 3 weeks.

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