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?