More room in the pool!

It's that time of year again.......

The people who went to the gym all year to loose weight or to get in shape seem to be dropping off like flies. Happens every year. Once mid October hits people stop going to the gym. I have to confess I was one of those people. I would work hard most of the year to gear up for my fall marathon and then I would take a couple of weeks off to regroup and recover. Well those weeks turned into a month and before ya know it I had Thanksgiving, birthday's and Christmas to worry about. Who has time to go to the gym? We work so hard to get into shape and then we blow it the last 3 months of the year. I vow not to let that happen this year. I can't let it happen. I don't have time to slack off. I have to be in good condition to tackle a training schedule come Jan.

It's an ugly rainy day today. One of those days you just want to hide under the covers. Actually, I did do that this morning. I didn't get up until 7. My husband got my oldest off to school and I was lazy and just didn't get up to run. But I did get myself to the gym. Keeping in mind that it's a crappy day I figured that the gym wouldn't be as busy as usual and I was right. The pool was like glass as I got in. So quiet there today. I did 400m drills. One fast, 8:35. One with water gloves, 9:05. One slow, 9:40 and a couple of 100m kick board drills. Probably a total of 45-50 mins in the pool. There was an interesting man in the far lane of the lap pool. As I was taking a break I watched him and just giggled. He was an older man. Probably in his late 60's. He brought his flippers to wear. Which is not all that uncommon. I have a pair myself. However, he also brought along a snorkel. He went up and down the pool head down, snorkel up and just kicked. I'm not sure what he was looking for? He wasn't doing any strokes. Just kicking, like you would on vacation when your admiring the coral and salt water fish. I started swimming again thinking I wonder what he's looking for?? He reminded me of those old men that have their medal detectors on the beach as they go back and forth in search of the next golden treasure. He just looked ridiculous snorkeling in a lap pool. I hope he wasn't watching me!

After swimming I did an hour on the elliptical. I feel like I didn't do enough today. But I did run 5 miles, swim 2400m, elliptical for an hour on Tuesday and Wednesday I biked to Wisconsin for a total of 38 miles. I deserve an easier day, right?