Just Keep Swimming

Training Log
AM Swim
Distance: 900 yards
Time: 28:00 minutes
Workout:

• 5 minute warm up
• 100 yd freestyle
• 50 yard breast stroke
• 100 yd freestyle
• 50 yard breast stroke
• 100 yd freestyle
• 50 yard breast stroke
• 100 yd freestyle
• 50 yard breast stroke
• 100 yd freestyle
• 50 yard breast stroke
• 100 yd freestyle
• 50 yard breast stroke
• 2 minute cool down

Food Log
Pre-swim: whole wheat toast, orange juice
Post-swim breakfast: small apple cinnamon muffin, coffee
Lunch: leftover whole wheat gnocchi, 1 piece Texas toast, milk, 1/2 serving frozen yogurt
Dinner: 2 pieces of pizza...may or may not have been stuffed crust...may or may not have been pepperoni...

After I swam last Saturday, I accidentally left my swim cap in the locker room. When I realized later on Saturday that I didn't have the cap, I knew I might as well kiss it goodbye. There is really no such thing as a lost and found there - it is more of a free for all if anything gets left. I'm bitter, because I had a whole shower caddy thing of Bath and Body Works products stolen from my locker. Grrr. I'm still mad about that. It was actually a funny story, because I had to get a small bottle of shampoo from the front desk so that I could at least wash my hair after my workout, before going straight to work. I swam, then got into the shower and got ready to use the shampoo. It was Dove shampoo, but it was like 5 years old! I poured it into my hand and it was like a yellow acid! It burned my hand and smelled awful. I was already in the shower and I had to be able to get ready for work, so being an idiot, I put it in my hair. My head immediatley started burning and also did not smell very good. I did what I could to salvage the situation, but my hair looked pretty awful and I ended up going home from work at lunch just to take another shower.

But anyway, so I lost my swim cap - a TYR nylon cap that I loved and was so comfortable. Luckily, I have the blue swim cap I got from the Lame Duck triathlon, so I just used that. It is made of a plasticky type material and I think it shrunk in the past few months. That thing was so tight on my head! It took a while to get used to it, but after a little bit it felt fine. But when I was done with me workout and took it off, it felt very freeing.