Back in the pool Day 35

Well I am back on track thanks to my motivating partner Casimiro Llamas, Jr! After begin away from training for a week and getting back by attending hill training I am feeling great about going back to training. So today was a swimming day. In the very beginning we had swam on our cross training days. But unfortunately, the weather cooled down (funny for Fresno) and we couldn't find an indoor pool so we started doing more Pilates, toning and stretching as workouts.

But now that we are back to 90 + degree weather, swimming thankfully is back on the roster of cross training.

So we decided to go to our complex's pool to do our cross training. When we got to the pool we realized we had forgotten a clock so we couldn't time ourselves. Instead we decided that if we swam 25 laps that would be about 30 minutes. The workout felt good even though I felt a little weak and tired. The pool was a lot longer than the pool we normally swim in so one lap felt much longer and I felt I was exerting much more.

But Casimiro and I swam steadily enjoying one another's company, watching our neighbor swim with his two young kids. Then eventually it was the three of us doing laps in the pool.

As we finished up the last lap I could hear the big clock at Fresno State near the Student Union chiming the hour. Casimiro and I were so excited to realize that we had swum for a complete hour! Each time we surpass a goal we set both of us feel motivated and ready to take on the next phase of training.

Today's exhaustion tasted like joy mixed with satisfaction and pride in one another.

Now that it's hotter you probably aren't going out as much, so spend some of that money helping those with blood cancers that can't be out in the sun.

Roxanne Villaluz's Team in Training Website

http://pages.teamintraining.org/cca/nikesf08/rvillaluz

Casimiro Llamas, Jr.'s Team in Training Website

http://pages.teamintraining.org/cca/nikesf08/cllamas