I am itching to get back in the lakes. Literally. Too much chlorine lately and heaps of lotion. All the signs of spring are here. Birds chirping. Tiger baseball is on 97.1 FM when I turn on the radio in my car after work. I have 4-inch tulips in my front flower beds and I stopped for a Slurpee today. And Spring Break is just two weeks away. But my favorite sign is that I have actually seen people in my neighbhorhood that disappeared months ago. Walking my dog in winter is like walking around a ghost town in the American West. This week was different. I saw teens strolling the sidewalks in shorts and flip-flops Thursday afternoon. As I walked Sophie this week and saw dogs walking, strollers rolling and runners pacing, I thought, "People actually live in this neighbhorhood. We survived the Blizzards of 2010." Great to see everyone once again on-the-move!
Last Sunday was the longest pool swim ever. My goal was to swim more than 3-hours and get closer to the 4-hour mark.
I started at 7 a.m. (after "springing forward"...ouch!) with Noah and Dave as companion swimmers. I started out with
1 x 1500, 2 x 1000 and repeated that four times for a grand total of 14,300 meters, or ~8.89 miles. The last time through the set I broke the 2 x 1000s into 4 x 500s and felt the strongest. I'm grateful to have shared the experience with other companion swimmers Katy, Carol, and Ann. I used Usher and other artists to "push it to the limit" and get me through. After three hours of swimming, Pink kept telling me to "raise my glass" and I kept thinking that I just hope to be able to raise my hairbrush in the lockerroom. Finally I reached the 4-hour mark and swam an easy 300 to cool down. I almost fell asleep during brunch so I took a nap when I got home.
I'm looking forward to the Pool Party fundraiser this evening with friends and family. One of my sixth grade students this week raised his hand and asked, "If I come to this pool party, are you just going to talk to my mom about my math grades?" I assured him that I had no plans to talk math, --only to have fun. I did my first LIVE interview with WXYZ Channel 7 this morning and enjoyed breakfast afterwards with Katy and Noah at the Original House of Pancakes. Katy did a fantastic job researching, collecting data and writing my press release. My sister made some wonderful swimmer cookies for toni
Last Sunday was the longest pool swim ever. My goal was to swim more than 3-hours and get closer to the 4-hour mark.
I started at 7 a.m. (after "springing forward"...ouch!) with Noah and Dave as companion swimmers. I started out with
1 x 1500, 2 x 1000 and repeated that four times for a grand total of 14,300 meters, or ~8.89 miles. The last time through the set I broke the 2 x 1000s into 4 x 500s and felt the strongest. I'm grateful to have shared the experience with other companion swimmers Katy, Carol, and Ann. I used Usher and other artists to "push it to the limit" and get me through. After three hours of swimming, Pink kept telling me to "raise my glass" and I kept thinking that I just hope to be able to raise my hairbrush in the lockerroom. Finally I reached the 4-hour mark and swam an easy 300 to cool down. I almost fell asleep during brunch so I took a nap when I got home.
I'm looking forward to the Pool Party fundraiser this evening with friends and family. One of my sixth grade students this week raised his hand and asked, "If I come to this pool party, are you just going to talk to my mom about my math grades?" I assured him that I had no plans to talk math, --only to have fun. I did my first LIVE interview with WXYZ Channel 7 this morning and enjoyed breakfast afterwards with Katy and Noah at the Original House of Pancakes. Katy did a fantastic job researching, collecting data and writing my press release. My sister made some wonderful swimmer cookies for toni
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