"I had to walk, in the cold, on unplowed sidewalks, up hill, in snow, in the dark....." sound like someone in your past?
Left the house last night to head to the pool for our last Masters swim of the year, got to my car, turned the key. Nothing. Sigh. Try again. Nothing. Battery is dead, realized that I left my iPhone charger in when I was last out on Tuesday! *$%(#*&#@) It's already 8:20pm, swimming starts at 8:30pm, Jay isn't home so I can't use his car, it's cold! Don't forget I'm in Canada people!
Was it a sign? A warning of things to come? A hint to go back to the house, and curl back up under my blankets to chill out for the evening?
Deep breath, carrying my purse and swim bag, set out to walk to the pool... thankfully it's not too far! Couldn't help but giggle as I was walking, because yes, it was dark. Yes, it was cold. Yes, the sidewalk was completely unpaved and ice covered! Yes, it was even uphill!! Why am I doing this? Got to the pool about 25 minutes later, already warmed up, but slightly irritated because I hate being late for anything.
No lane ropes in, they're all swimming in a circle. Coach totally mixed things up last night, from beginning to end! It was a great workout, a nice change of pace compared to just the regular lanes, but CHALLENGING! I sorta thought he'd go easy on us, being the last workout until Jan 5th.... a day before he heads down south on vacation for 2 weeks, but no.... it was not the case! He kicked our @$$!
Forget the beer!!! (sorry MCM Mama... and Glaven if you are still out there lurking)! Corkscrew swimming gave me a wicked case of the spins -- I really had to work hard on standing up straight at the end of it! So funny...
The girls were laughing at me, asking if I regretted taking the walk to the pool, if I will take it as a sign next time, and just not bother showing up. Funny thing though, I'm glad I went, and realized this past Monday that I made the right choice joining this group. You see, Sunday, we didn't swim because of the meet followed by the team party in the evening, so I went on my own during lane swim on Monday night. My motivation lacked big time. It's so much easier to stop when you don't have someone there telling you what to do, and swimmers (that you know and can keep you accountable) in front and behind you to keep you going. I did my short pyramid set, and stopped. That is not an option with the masters :)
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I got a lot of interest and questions on my post about P90X. I will do a separate post early next week about how it's going, my thoughts, etc. But I will tell you this. Owww.... but I love it! Yes, it's a hard workout, yes, it hurts. Yes, I feel muscles and pain in my body that I either didn't know existed or forgot was there... but I really do like it. And, I think Jay might join me!
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Have a great weekend all!
19 comments:
Nice work, I bet 95% of the people in your boat would have called it a day. Your hardcore!!
Now that is some kind of drive and focus!!! You are amazing! Most people would have went back into the house and filled the tub with hot water with a glass of wine....wait that is me.... just joking!
AWESOMENESS!!!!!!
Glad to hear P90X is going well! I feel for you Canadians...it got down to the upper 30s one day this week and I thought I was going to freeze:)
LMAO at "I had to walk, in the cold, on unplowed sidewalks, up hill, in snow, in the dark....." My dad (who grew up primarily in SoCal and Las Vegas) used to say that to me when I was a kid...bwahahahahahaha...
You are hard-core. I'd have walked to the nearest phone and called someone to come get me.
I'd love to hear more about the P90X thing.
You are a TROOPER! I hope you were able to get a lift home! Leaving the pool on a cold winter night must be pretty brutal.
Incase I don't have the opportunity to drop by again before Sunday - MERRY CHRISTMAS to you and the fam.
I hope you got a ride home at least...great work getting to the pool in the cold. Masters swim groups are fantastic to keep you moving in the right direction. Have you committed to competing in the meet?
LMAO! You can totally use that line to your son now! :) Good for you still getting there! You are a rock star for sure!!!
Now that's what I call tenacity! Glad you're enjoying(maybe that's too strong a word) the P90X!
I've never once regretted getting out there when it was tough. I've regretted many times when I curled back under the blanket.
Can't wait to hear more about P90x!
well i think you get a major gold star for going swimming period. you are a better person than me! haha. now i need to go read what the heck a corkscrew is!!
i've never done p90x but i don't doubt it's a great workout regime! hope it continues to go well.
uhh yeah i definitely would not have gone walking outside in canada between, say, november to april. maybe may :) i'm such a cold wimp. and then walking home after swimming? brrr. hope you caught a ride?!
Dang, girl. That's dedication! What an amazing story, though. :)
Have a great weekend!!!!
That's great that you still went. I think I would have headed back inside where it was warm...but that's cause I hate swimming! :-)
Nice that you like your swim group. You will be ready come spring for tri season. Glad you were tenacious enough to stick with your plan and walk.
If it was easy, we'd have no obesity problem in this country.....or yours!
Nice job sticking to your workouts! Now to just get you to become friends with a kettlebell, you'd never have to walk through unplowed, snow covered roads in the dark!
Happy Hoidays!
Wow, great job getting out there!
Way to be hardcore!
Catching up...
That is too funny about swimming in circles. I can't even imagine walking to swim class.... I'm too lazy to fully dry off after I'd get done so I'd probably end up catching cold.
BTW - you are HARD CORE.
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