It’s a beautiful day outside today. It’s a little breezy, but close to perfect for swimming. I got to the pool and it was very crowded. There were several people already sharing lanes. It was the exact opposite crowd as had been there just two days ago. Gone were the fast swimmers. Some of these guys were taking as many as two minutes just to complete a 25 yard freestyle. It was ugly.

I took my time walking around the pool and getting my fins and hand paddles out of my backpack, not knowing which was the least-bad lane to share. As luck would have it, lane 2 opened up and I got it to myself. That seemed great at first, but it wasn’t. The kids area is open from lane 1 and there were a bunch of grandparents in there that obviously didn’t shower before entering the pool. I could literally taste their perfume in the water. It was terrible. I didn’t last long.

200 warm-up
4 x 100 kick
4 x 150 pull with paddles
400 free with fins
100 kick
100 warm-down
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1800 yards