M.K. Achieves Redemption!!! APRIL FOOL'S!!!

"To be worn out is to be renewed."

- Lao-tzu

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

(7:30-8:30 PM - I left a little early.  Gotta get my beauty sleep.)

1.)  Warmup:

1,000 Continuous Swim

   Two Times:

     150 Swim

     100 Stroke Drill

     150 Swim

     100 Kick

2.)

24 x 25 (:30)

   4 Times:

     3 Build

     3 Descend

3.)

5 Times:

     200 (2:50) Long and easy

     4 x 25 (:40) FAST

200 Easy

Daily Total:  3,100 Yards

Redemption Total:  32,200 Yards

Other Notes:

     I'm going to be competing in a meet next weekend!!!  That's right, an actual competition!  No, you are not dreaming, it's really true.  I'm pretty pumped about it, all I need to do is pay the $38 Masters Registration Fee and I'll be entered into the meet by Patrick.  He said he'll have me swim some relays and some sprints and such.  A great moment was when Patrick said to me before practice, "Ok, so what else do you swim other than freestyle."  I quickly and proudly responded, "Breaststroke," which was then followed by a short awkward pause, when I realized that that is pretty much it...  I finally broke the pause by saying, "Well, I mean I can swim pretty much anything...  I just can't swim everything well."  Classic.

     Also, I met fellow NESCACian and sprinter Mike Pepi (Wesleyan, '08), who was swimming in my lane and just recently started training at Asphalt Green.  He will be a great person to train with and we got to reminisce a little about our NESCAC and Water Polo days.  Good stuff.