Waterblogged

Back after a week of strep throat - whooohoooo! The rest of the team is still at the pool finishing the workout, but I had to get home to hang with Grandma and prep for the 2pm Mardi Gras party we have today. It takes a lot to prepare for drinking at 2pm. *warmup: 600 free, 4 x 100's free descending *4 x 25's kick, 4 x 25's stroke, 100 IM, 200 free done 4x as fly, back, breast then free

Overheard today in the showers from two veteran moms to one new mom: "Do as we do, not as we say. What we've done ain't pretty." And it struck me as the crystalline truth. Heck, I will tell people as far and wide as my voice can be heard that TV is a waste of time for kids, but come to my house on a rainy weekday when some work needs to get done and guess what? Spongebob reigns. I can tell you I believe in consistency and always making sure your kids know what to expect to prevent tantrums, but come to my house when I make a last minute decision that there will be no dessert after dinner and you'll see an uprising I am not equipped to defeat. On our team, in the women's locker room, we watch each other get married (showing off their gorgeous swimmer muscled arms), have babies (stretching out their previously gorgeous and flat tummies), and become grandparents (luxuriating in all the time in the world to SWIM!). We give advice and knowing glances when one of us...

I said no to a timing chip today, in a race . (Pause for all of you triathletes to take collective sharp breath IN). It's not like me either, believe me, but this race, this time, was just meant to be run slowly. I think my heart was too heavy to move much faster than a shuffle. Becky Gibbs Lavelle, a local (Olympic) triathlete, lost her sister (Jenny) and nephew (Graham) to PPD and a hastily purchased gun about a year and 3 months ago. Now, she's organizing races and events to raise money to spread awareness of PPD and to prevent others from having to go through the pain she felt at losing her twin. I don't know how she does it. I didn't know Jenny at all, and I get chills and a feeling like the world is about to explode every time I think about what she must have felt like as she bought that gun and turned it on herself and her child. The level of pain and disorientation she carried is unfathomable. And so preventable. If we know what to look for. Back to the race......

It's always fun to find out you have a blogfan while standing naked in the shower. This morning a fellow swimmer whom I've never met leaned around the stall and asked if I was Sarah-of-Waterblogged, and told me she reads and enjoys this spot. Hot shower on tired shoulders, primed to grab my Borrone Americano, and finding out I have a fan. Can't get better than that if you ask me. Especially after this workout (I'm posting Thursday's workout as well because it was just SO good). ALSO, if anyone is up for a last minute run workout for a cause tomorrow (Sunday at 10AM, a very civilized time), DO sign up for the Jenny's Light 5K in Los Gatos. As I've written about before, postpartum depression is a highly worthy cause and all of us who have had any experience with it thank you for coming out! Today: *warmup: 5 x 200's free add fins for: *5 x 250's (odd free to back by 50's; even free to kick by 50's) remove fins and add paddles for: *6 x 300...

I don't have it, but my kid does, and that sucks. So does sleeping on the floor next to a hot little feverish body :(. But, I swam it all out this morning. Sigh. *warmup: 400 free, 100 back, 200 free, 100 back add fins for: *100 free, 100 kick, 100 back *75 free, 75 kick, 75 back *50 free, 50 kick, 50 back *25 free, 25 kick, 25 back *9 x 100's mixing free and back *100 free, 75 choice, 50 kick, 25 sprint repeat 2x

Okay, it was 18, but still. A lot. Guess it will help me pump up my muscles for my Momcademy Awards party tomorrow night.

Quote from the lane this morning: "You guys go ahead. I've done 13,000 yards in the last two days and I'm feeling it." Yah, you're going to feel 13,000 yards in two days. You people are nuts. But I love you. *warmup: 50, 100, 150, 200, 250 add paddles for: *600, 450, 300, 150 pull option for: *450, 375, 300, 225, 150