Swimming
Wake Up Call
Be Water
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup; you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle; you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
Newslinks
New Pool Signs Tell People Not to Whack Each Other in the Face
A slew of pools in the D.C. area are getting an update, reports the Washington Post: Big new etiquette signs. "It's just to let everyone know how to keep order," says one pool manager. Among the concerns the signs are intended to address:
- People who "do butterfly and hit other people in the face."
- "Crafty retirees scheming to keep a lane all to themselves."
- "Faster swimmers [who] are hesitant to do the foot tap [which signals they want to pass] because they don't want an inexperienced person freaking out about a stranger with a fetish comping up behind them."
Workout
30 minutes of unplugged cardio – not 30 hours!
Yikes! When I entered my 30 minutes of swimming into the unplugged cardio feat counter it said I'd accompli-ed the feat – but not so! I don't want anyone to think I am a cheater – I am just a sloppy reader and didn't realize it counted in hours and not minutes.
DIY Declaration: Blood Drive and Swimming
I've been hemming and hawing what my diy feat will be. But I think I've nailed it down.
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Workout
My Longest Swim Yet!
I swam 1,600 meters Friday night -- my longest distance since I started swimming again last October!
If I realized I would be just 9 meters shy of a mile I would have done one more length of the pool, but as it is maybe it is for the best I didn't know, because I was beat! I was so hungry and tired at the end I had to stop for a snack on the way to dinner!