Wednesday night’s pool session felt good. And it’s about time. I wasn’t too psyched on swimming for a couple months there. What with winter weather and reduced sunlight hours, I was contemplating leaving the water indefinitely. But after a few positive sessions I’m glad I stuck it out. Wednesday’s focus was on freestyle, stretching out… Continue reading last water, better every time
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last water, kinda good
Last night’s pool session was kinda good. There was some freestyle and butterfly going down. Things felt smooth but I wasn’t keeping track of time. And at the end I did a bunch of kick work, which brought the cramps out like a mother. Total distance: 1200m. crankenstein.com
day 6 on Atreyu – that’s right, 6
Owl Tor was visited Saturday by Phil, Andy, Skip, Andree, and me. Having dominated Power of Eating (5.11d) a couple weeks ago, Andree applied her attention to Auto Magic (5.12a) for her first day of legitimate redpoint burns on this new project. Perhaps though, “project” is not the right term. That would presume she spends… Continue reading day 6 on Atreyu – that’s right, 6
campusing is rad
I’m going to start keeping track of my campusing stuff. The woodie at the Shed just isn’t doing it for me anymore – I only want to campus. Which should be rad. If I only campus and get on routes all winter, spring will find me ferociously strong or horribly injured. Speaking of which, I… Continue reading campusing is rad
last water, still strugglin’
I’m strugglin’ to get pool sessions over with lately. The motivation is has left me, presumably because it’s winter and that’s how it goes for swimmers during the dark months. Anywayz, did some freestyle last night. da numbers: 300m easy free/drills 6 x 100m @ 2:30 coming in around 1:40 100m free w/ paddles 200m… Continue reading last water, still strugglin’
from climbing hell to heaven
Friday had me traveling from my mom’s place in Washington to Joshua Tree for some winter radness. Climbing in the cold is rad. And cold it was – thirties and forties during the day. Sunny though, and little wind, so a well-insulated belayer can pull on crisp crystals and hopefully achieve some progress on otherwise… Continue reading from climbing hell to heaven
last water, motivation issues
Bridget met me at the Los Banos pool last night for some hyper-unmotivating sets. I don’t know what my problem is lately. Winter just sucks away my motivation for swimming. Evening sessions are hard, and forget about early morning routines. Anywayz, I did 1000m of drills and IM stuff then got cold and left. crankenstein.com
a snowball’s chance
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first water, cold
It was cold this morning. Once in the water, things are fine. It’s the walk to and from the pool that really suck. And I ran in to a nurse that took care of me when I was sick – Cyndi. Most memories from that time are not super clear but the more she talked… Continue reading first water, cold