Human Bobber

So I don’t know about this but it has been aggravating me. The last two times I have been to the local YMCA to swim laps they have half the pool open for open swim with no lanes and half the pool open for lap swim with lanes. And kind of ironic the last two times I have been there I have shared a lane with the same woman. So this is my question, if there is a half the pool open for open swim with no kids in the deep end why do people think it is ok to tread water or be a human bobber in the lap lane? Yes the last two times people get in the middle of the lap lane and bob up and down and get angry when you splash or interrupt them. What the hell, move over to the open lanes! The last two times I have been there me and this woman would circle swim around the person, ummm you think they would move. But no, anyway it is annoying and I never have said anything. I understand they have a right to be in the pool to do their work out but there is whole open deep end of the pool that is not being used to do your bobbing.

Ok, so this week I am tired, exhausted and struggling to get through workouts but I have to push. So last night I go to do my swim workout. That is right human bobber in the lap lane but my lady friend wasn’t there this time it was another guy. So I was tired and was kind of aggravated because this person was bobbing in my way so I had to interrupt my stroke to get around them. I got so angry about 10 minutes into my swim that I stopped and said is there a reason you are bobbing in the middle of a lap lane while two people are trying to swim and there is a whole open end to the pool over there. They yelled at me and told me they had a right to swim there. I said whatever and made their life miserable by every time I kicked off at that end I would kick up water to piss him off. I am usually not like this but seriously I had had it! Do you think the life guards would say something? I 

was totally annoyed and probably out of line but I had to.

MOVE YOUR BOBBING ASS OVER! Hahahaha!!!!

Workout got done so it’s all good. 

Has anyone else ever experienced this?

First time getting in a wet suit.. really?

Got up this morning and met my friend at the boat ramp at Comet pond for a nice swim. Little chilly but what a beautiful morning. The pond was like glass and it was just so beautiful. While we were swimming the sun was coming up and it was just perfect.

So I get to the parking lot. Start to put my wetsuit on and get my foot caught. Good lord I almost took a digger while putting on my wet suit. I totally tripped and got my foot caught while putting it in the leg hole. OMG!!! My friend almost had to catch me. hahaha!Can you say tired?

I don't ever think I have experienced this type of exhaustion. Yes I had a baby and you were exhausted lack of sleep wanted to cry but this is different. Muscle fatigue, mental fatigue its just wearing me down. You know it is the end I guess when you are this tired.

I swam 2.4 miles in about 1:25. I am so thrilled with that. That is being totally exhausted and running on fumes. I have to believe I can do this. I do. After tomorrows ride it will be all down hill.

Here is to a 17 hour training week. Yipee!!! Few hard days to go.. I got this.

Felt like Death

So I wake up yesterday morning yep it was Wednesday and I kept thinking it was Thursday. I wake up my body feels like someone beat me in my sleep and my legs hurt, my feet hurt and I have a long swim and a 7 mile run with pick ups to get through. I start to talk to myself. How the hell am I going to do this? The exhaustion alone is killing me never mind trying to put one foot in front of the other to walk or run.

Well I go down stairs get Sean off to day camp. The day goes by and I still can't get out of my own way. I dumped a whole thing of fruit salad on the floor and spilt a half gallon of milk all in one day. Just to give you a mental picture, I was the walking dead. Anyway the workouts are on my plan so I must get them done. I needed to focus one workout at a time. I kept telling myself "Kim are you going to be an ironman! Then suck it up." I emailed a few friends for motivational ass kicking and it worked.

Later that day I lace up the sneakers, put on a cute Lulu running skirt (ya because that is going to make me faster and feel better but damn I will look good! hahaha!) and a tank. I head out the door.

I checked my dam plan three times before leaving and I still couldn't remember how the work out went but I had an idea. It was something like this:
Mile 1 and 2 zone II Heart Rate - which is about a 10:20-10:25 mile
Mile 3 and 4 zone III Heart Rate- which is about a 9:25-9:40 mile
Mile 5 zone IV Heart Rate- which is a 8:15-8:40 mile

The first mile from my house is all down hill. I was like wahoo this feels fantastic. No problem. Well then I hit the flats and slight up hills. I kept thinking in that first two miles how am I ever going to be able to pick up the pace. I would have to dig deep. Well my first two miles were 10:20-10:30 as expected, 3rd and 4th miles were in the 9:30's wahoo and my 5th mile was a 8:33, at which point I stopped put my hand over my head and yelled "fuck yeah." I couldn't believe I just nailed that workout completely exhausted and depleted. I was so happy. The last two miles well were cool down but one was in high 9's and last one was in the 10's.

Later that evening the swim went well too. I had to cut it short since I only had my sitter for a certain amount of time but almost got 2 miles in.

This training is really making me realize how freaking amazing our bodies are. The really are an amazing organ.