bonus workout!

Yoga - 1hr
Swim - 3K

Yoga yesterday was great ... we focused on shoulders ... which of course sucked (i have weak shoulders from high school swimming) ... which was of course good for me .. i think

i've never thought of yoga as body part specific work out, i must be too green :) but it was great, my shoulders, back, traps and tris are def feeling it and i very much enjoyed the 5 min mini-meditation at the end. the class was itself was not too crowded, which was nice ... and i realized that i need to keep my shoulder blades down in back in almost all poses and probably in all facets of life

a while ago, i asked my mom (a yoga teacher!) what she thought of me enrolling in a course specific to "yoga for runners." a few days later she came back with the advice "dont waste your money" or something like that ... below is a video for a pose that ive come to enjoy called the pigeon ... its awesomely painful some days but always awesomely therapeutic




after yoga -- i got a call from my friend (and soon to be new neighbor) alison telling me that she took off of work for the night--

i had no excuse not to swim!

so we get to the pool around 9pm and its almost empty (score!) .. start talking and she suggests -- why just do 3- 500s, when we could do 6?!?

ugh ... my heart sunk, maybe my stomach too ... but i mean, i cant say, "sorry, im lame and that sounds too challenging, i might actually have to work out my comfort zone to do that workout," so of course my response was, "great" (dead panned, as i couldnt muster any enthusiasm)

the first 3 500x were nice, easy paced (maybe a tad descending tempo) but smooth, then we did my favorite recovery 500 (100 breast, 100 free, 100 breast, 100 free) followed by a 5 100 IMs (great pace, strong push the last one) and a 500 cool down

as i became more tired, i could feel my stroke deteriorate and my lung capacity hate me -- my flip turns did not yield strong streams like i have remembered from previous years or as they will in the future. needless to say, my worsened stroke aggravated my right shoulder. today it feels fine, and as my strength, stamina and lung capacity improves, ill be fine -- oh yeah, and i should prolly lift more then once a week :/

in other news, it was nice to have a evening of pleasant weather, the walk home at 11ish / 12ish was enjoyable, clean, pure