So I go to the gym this evening with the intention of swimming and practicing my breathing. I get there and some swim club/team/group/thingy is in the pool. Some crazy foreign dude was yelling at the people swimming laps. A coach, I assumed. I listened for a minute and couldn't tell if he was yelling in English or not. Very weird. It was about 5 minutes after 6pm and they are usually done at 6:30. Luckily, I brought my running shoes and shorts so I decided to jump on the treadmill and get a lower intensity run in and then go swim when the pool opens up.
I did 3.1 miles in around 25 minutes. I ran at a nice pace and can really feel my conditioning coming back to me. And a huge difference in my HR without the NO-Xplode! I could have pushed it a little harder but wanted to save something for the pool. By the time I finished and cleaned off the treadmill and had some water it was about 6:45 and they were still in the damn pool! So, I went up to the weight area and grabbed a mat and did ARX. Used an 8 lb medicine ball again for the Mason Twists! By this time it was 7pm and I went down to the pool again and as I was walking down the steps I noticed a new pool schedule hanging on the wall. This group has the pool on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:30-7:30pm! I was too hungry to wait another half hour so I just went home. I am sort of PO'd that my gym lets this group have the indoor pool for 3 hours during peak time. On M/W/F another group has it from 5-6:30, I can live with that but the Tues & Thurs is not cool. Might have to find a new gym!
I'd like to go to the pool early tomorrow but our upstairs A/C is not working and the repair man is coming at 7:30am. I am very concerned that my Quintana Roo fund is going to have to be used to fix the stupid air conditioner. Hopefully it is a small insignificant part that needs fixed (yes, I am aware that I am delusional) and it won't cost hardly anything. But when it is 100 degrees everyday the A/C in your house is a lot more important than a new Tri Bike!
Tomorrow will be a swimming day.
Thanks for Reading,
Jeff
What a bummer about the group swim thing! When they have group activities at our YMCA pool they usually keep at least 3 lanes open for lap swimmers.
ReplyDeleteI have been swimming in the ocean lately because there are a bunch of summer programs going on at the pool. I am also getting to where I prefer the ocean swims. I may terminate my YMCA membership. My company pays for my 24 Hour Fitness membership so I can still workout.
Btw, I would vote for AC over the bike too. We use our AC all year round. I wouldn't want to go without it in Hawaii. I definitely would not want to go without it in Houston during the summer!!!
I was about to ask the same thing that Boomer asked...aren't there lap lanes open? I'd complain big-time! If the managers hear it enough, they might do that. I did mason twists with a medicine ball AND those "steering wheel" moves this morning, and my abs/core are trashed. I'll be sore tomorrow!
ReplyDeleteBoomer, interesting that you mention AC year round in HI. Our company bid a project for a private residence (not sure what island) that was open all four sides. The only rooms enclosed were bedrooms and water closets (architect-speak for bathrooms!)...but no AC! Builder claimed it was temperate year round and they didn't need it!
BTW, just remembered that project was on Maui. We weren't awarded the project - but I sure would have loved to make a site visit!
ReplyDeleteYeah, I wasn't real pleased about the pool. Their may have been a public lane but if there was it was full because every lane had at least 3 ppl in it.
ReplyDeleteThere are a lot of homes that are built correctly which takes advantage of the trade winds and those homes are comfortable without A/C. Having the home built on 4 sides sounds right to me!
ReplyDeleteBoomer - what was the name of the "haze" or "smog" your were talking about from the volcanos? Those house would probably suck when then that stuff is around!
ReplyDeleteBoomer - what was the name of the "haze" or "smog" your were talking about from the volcanos? Those house would probably suck when then that stuff is around!
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