My hat's off to all the swimmers here. Mighty impressive.

I am so tired I can barely function, and DH still isn't home from work yet. I'm totes going the bad mom route and letting the kids play wii.

They are pretty exhausted too, we had a long day. Kinder culmination, then lunch at the park for the kinders to celebrate. I went along because they were worried there wouldn't be enough parents, and of course there were plenty (wah!). And then gymnastics after school. We are all beat.

Demoralizing? shrift, you were lookin' mighty fine at Goose Island, and I just know you're looking even better now!!!

Thanks, Kathy. I'll try not to let some pictures taken in an unflattering situation keep me from feeling like I haven't made any progress.

I know I should vary rather than powering thru 1.5 or 2 miles crawl, but the thing is, that's not my MO. I heard an interview with Diana Nyad that resonated. She's a distance swimmer who is going to attempt FL to Cuba again this summer at 60 something. (CRAXY) Asked if she was going to switch up her stroke, she said something to the effect "Crawl gets me there faster and I don't have to think. Why would I mess with other strokes or resting?"

Maybe doing sprints and rests would improve my speed, tech or metab. But the thing is, I don't care. I want to cover the distance, that is the accomplishment for me. I don't have the patience for rests. I barely tolerate them at my 'cooldown' 300 yds ( 100 breast, 2 50s trying to max swimming underwater, long strokes, one 50 back kick only, and then the last 50 crawl.) I need to be moving.

Soo..Kat, I guess this means I bring my swimsuit and plan on two milers at wee hours come this TG?

Sure! I'm slower than you are.

The different workouts totally work for me, though. I like novelty. It's why my preferred yoga style does not have a set series of poses like Ashtanga or Bikram. Novelty = tolerability.

The rests though totally matter.

K prefers just powering through.

I don't often vary strokes, though I'd love to do fly one day. But varying WHAT I do matters.

I started out doing 8 laps front stroke, 8 back, 8 1/2 front, 8 1/2 back, but now I'm doing 11 front, 16 1/2 back, and 5 1/2 front to finish. That's why my arms are getting tired by the time I'm finished with the back stroke. If I can, I try and fit in my back stroke while I'm in the lane by myself, because I do tend to weave in the lane if I'm not careful while backstroking.

Backstroke totally kills my arms. But I think it's just different muscles that I generally don't use enough...Breaststroke takes too long.

One nice thing happened today. I got an unexpected bonus.

And tomorrow, my CSA haul is going to be: broccoli, zucchini, lettuce, arugula, spinach, radishes, scallions, basil, oregano, avocadoes, lemons/limes, Fuji apples, Valencia oranges, apricots, strawberries, yellow nectarines, and raspberries.

so jealous. I just won't eat an entire CSA. Aside from being one person, I'm not home a lot.

The most adorable guy talked to me tonight. Oh, my god. I'm in the concession line at the theatre, wearing my Green Lantern t-shirt, and the guy sweeping the floor strikes up a conversation with me about comic book T-shirts. His collection rivals mine.

But he was so nervous! You could tell he didn't make a habit of talking to strange women, but the sheer dorkness of my shirt made it impossible for him not to say anything.

So darling.