Today’s schedule of events
never had much chance of working right from the start. Well ok, we got to the
6.30 am swim on time and I even managed to pass a few Christmas cards around.
That session does not have the time built in it to gossip, it’s a time chosen
by people with too much to get through in a day for niceties. I had a card for
my friend Anthony, but he is always first in the queue, first in the water and
at the session end, first in the changing rooms and I swear he cannot dry himself
more than a wave of the towel because he escapes the centre at the speed of
light and is gone. Didn’t get to give him his card.
The session itself leaves
hardy time to breathe.
In the Animals lane today:
5x 200
1x100
4 x 50
1x100
5 x 200
If any of them duck out for
two lengths, they will get in the way of Bekka and I because they slide under
the lane rope and into our already small space of a shoulder width of the pool.
I swim on her feet, so if she turns sharply and there is somebody in the way as
I reach the end, there will be
contact, since that means there are three people in one shoulder width of water
space. This morning at the end in the session, I had to say sorry to one of the
guys for running my fingers across his backside whilst he ducked out to catch
his breath. The same guy must have thought there was a plot of some kind
because on a tight turn in their lane later, one of the blokes hands slid down
the back of his jammer trunks and brought him to a surprise stop as he pushed
off after the turn. He told me that at the end of the session when I excused
myself for my offence. He said “Don’t
worry Daphne, if only that was the worse that happened this morning”!
Bekka and I had an 1800 mtr
schedule.
2 x 200
4 x 100
4 x 50
4 x 100
2 x 200
Plus for me, my back stroke
swim down, as usual.
I haven’t bothered with writing
in the times for these schedules because they of course have to be changed to
suit the standard of swimmers. Feel free to give them a go though, they are not
state secrets and if they would help, then you are welcome.
My check list for faults
from Monday is a good thing since nobody if perfect. I noticed that even on one of
the photos of that the great God of the Olympic pool Michael Phelps. Its easy
when you get tired to forget little points and on a long swim in open water, if
you feel you are slowing or getting tired you can still run through the points
and it will make you feel better and bring your concentration.
There was no time for a
coffee shop stop today, as Steve and I had extra time consuming problems to
overcome. There was a nasty accident at Hammerpot on the A27 yesterday that had
closed a good stretch of the road from Arundel Road
This accident caused major
holdups yesterday afternoon and affected The Vinery, which is the estate where
our business warehouse is. Yesterday it meant that Steve could not get back to
the warehouse from Arundel where he had been loading, and had to park in the
nearby village and walk back. The traffic hold up continued and when he tried
to get to the warehouse later it was still blocked and he was forced into a 25
mile detour. It was that, that delayed our run this morning because he had to
go and get our van from Poling village and take it back to The Vinery before we
could run.
That in turn shortened our planned
5km run to 4km because Steve had a massage booked. He had to leave me in Arundel to go for that.
I am happy any time I am deposited in a café or coffee house provided I have a
notebook, a pen and my glasses. The rest of the day is still tight, with him
going to his accountant near Chichester and then he has an appointment with the
bank manager in Worthing . I will tag along on
the Worthing jaunt because I want to go to The Bike Store with a box of sweets
and a Christmas card to thank them for looking after me so well during the
year. They are so helpful and I hope to will have time to exchange a few words
while I am there.
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