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More Books, More Yards

This morning's workout was one of those I just love. Drafting and long yards. Yay! Speaking of things I love: books. Bill Dawson just passed along another MM book list to me and I'm sharing it here. This one is Mark Simon's and here are his favorite reads!

Lonesome Dove – Larry McMurtry

The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald

Hardball – The Way the Game of Politics is Really Played – Chris Matthews

Mornings on Horseback – David McCullough

The Maltese Falcon – Dashiell Hammett

And now, the workout:

*warmup with 500 easy, 300 swim to drill, 100 "crisp" (thanks to my lane mate for mentioning Krispy Kremes right at that moment so that for the ENTIRE workout I was thinking about donuts).

*600 drafting and changing leaders by 200
*900 drafting and changing leaders by 150
*1200 drafting and changing leaders by 100
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