My second favorite thing

My first favorite past time is, of course, swimming. Coming in at a close second is readingandeating. No, I can't separate the two. I'm sorry. They are a direct tie. That's why kepler'sandcafeborrone, sitting right next to each other in the heart of Menlo Park, make me so happy. I read while I eat, browse books after I eat, and just generally could spend pretty much all of my days right there in Menlo Center. If you're anything like me, or you just know how to read and like a good meal once in a while, I really don't understand why you wouldn't buy today's JITC deal. I mean, there, I said it. It's right there to the right on my sidebar.

As for this morning's workout, I've now got some help from a friend who is dabbling in physical training, and so I've been doing some leg and ab work before swimming in the morning. Today I did some mixture of lunges, calf raises, crazy ab twist thingies and squats called "Derek Jeters". Fun. THEN I was hit with the following:

*warmup: 300 free, 100 kick, 200 free, 100 stroke

add pull gear for:

*800 steady
*2 x 100's on the 1:15
*600 steady
*2 x 100's on the 1:15
*400 steady
*2 x 100's on the 1:15

remove pull gear (thank goodness) for:

*2 x 50's easy
*400 strong broken as:
100, 2 x 75's, 3 x 50's with 5 sec rest in-between

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October 2, 2010 at 5:52 PM

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