This has been a good week for training and weight loss. I know if I stay away from the beer I drop weight and in 5 days I've lost 2.2 lbs and 1.4 BMI. I did my swim tonight and it was the first time I've ever swam at the Oakville Y on a Friday night. It was so full with kids, it reminded me of the movie "Caddy Shack" when the country club allowed the caddies to use the pool. It was nuts. I knew as I was swimming that I'm sure more than one kid was peeing in the pool. Actually that wouldn't have been as bad as a few of the women in the pool. Their perfume was so strong I could taste it as I swam.
At the 20 minute mark of the swim I was unmotivated and really would liked to have quit but couldn't. It was a speed session, which is a painful workout, and I knew if I wanted to get faster and stronger I couldn't cut this workout short. I'm glad I didn't. The 2nd last 100 I went so hard I was able to do a 1:37, which is pretty good considering that at the beginning I was doing about 1:50. I realized the reason I've slowed down since January was because in January I knew that to get fast I had to experience pain. For the past couple weeks I haven't been putting myself in the pain zone. Tonight I went for the pain zone and liked it.
The other day Reid bought some new shoes. He keeps growing. His feet are getting so big that I can actually put my foot in his shoe, and he's only 12 years old. It's tight but I could do it and I even took a picture to prove it.
Speed Swim - 3000 meters / 1:06:15
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