Swimming in the Rain (again!)

There was a "Captain's Swim" last night at the Santa Clara pool - I might join their Master's program after this is all over. There are three pools, one (the kids' pool I believe) covered by one of those awful "bubbles," and two outdoor - one is a diving tank so is quite deep. They have 1 and 3 meter springboard diving boards and the full set of platforms (5m, 7.5m, and 10m). Last night there were a ton of people swimming with the Master's group, some age-group (under 18) swimmers, divers, and a synchronized swimming team that were all practicing at the same time. It was totally fun to watch - I forgot how much I love aquatic sports!

We hopped in after everyone else was out, at 7:30, and swam 2650 yards in about an hour. I was in the fastest lane and led the lane (that makes me happy, mostly because I pay more attention to what I'm swimming when I go first and am "in charge" of the timing and how much we have left to go!). It was a good set, with lots of drills at the front end and some middle-distance at the back end. I didnt' swim very hard but was focusing more on my stroke technique, which is something I tend to ignore. The workout as as follows:

400 warm-up
6 x 50, drill/swim
6 x 75, kick/drill/swim
Ladder set of:
50, 100, 200, 400, 400, 200, 100, 50
Total yardage: 2650

I have also rediscovered the joy of my big fuzzy inside/waterproof outside blue-and-yellow water polo parka from college (thank goodness I saved that thing!). So warm! Last night after the workout I didn't even shower, I just put the parka on right over my suit, threw on my fuzzy slippers and hopped in the car to drive home and take a real shower. It was great!

I finally found the new workout calendar online and have it posted by my desk at work to stay motivated. Today is a track workout, tomorrow I'll finally go back to water polo, and Thursday morning I might come to work late and do a nice long bike/run in the morning. Friday morning I'll likely run, then we head to San Francisco for the weekend with some friends to see Wicked! Hope there's a gym at the hotel so I can get on the treadmill!