M.O.R.E.: A Good Laugh

Friday, July 23, 2010

A Good Laugh

This morning I met Patty for a swim and was really glad I could get off my feet. Last night's race really did my foot in to the point where I couldn't even stand on it, let alone walk on it. Unfortunately, I had to tell Patty that I need to stay off of it for the next two days, which means no long runs with my friends this weekend. The pain has gotten worse, not better and the only thing that might help at this point is rest. What I mean by rest is no running, but I can still swim. Patty and I are really improving in our swimming techniques. Today I swam 40 laps, most of it without a snorkel. Only 6 of those laps were with snorkel and I'm really getting the hang of one breath to every 3 strokes. Both of us are swimming more relaxed now too, which is also probably helping with the breathing. I was done before Patty so I sat and watched her to do a couple of cool down laps on her back. She must have had her eyes closed the whole time because she started out in lane 2 and ended up in lane 5. I was yelling her name and laughing at the same time to get her attention because I didn't want her to crash into the side of the pool. Thankfully she opened her eyes just in time to correct herself. She reminded me of one of those wind up toys you put in the bath and watch it swim in circles. Too funny!

Afterwards we soaked up the sun for a little while and commented on how we are both dreading the start of school and having to give up these early morning swims. At the beginning of the summer, we were kind of dreading getting back into the pool, but now I wish we would have started earlier. Who knows, maybe if I can push my start time at work to a little later, I can still sneak in a swim or two before work.

2 comments:

Patty said...: I am glad you had a good laugh at my expense. I was really enjoying a relaxing cool down swim on my back, and when I opened my eyes and saw where I was headed, I started laughing, and then I heard you from across the pool cracking up! Going to get that swim cap before our next swim, I'll get you one too. I hope we can keep up the swimming, even when school/work starts again, I am enjoying it. Rest your feet, it is more important that they are fresh for shopping!; July 23, 2010 at 2:28 PM
marathon mom said...: I got back into the pool this morning and I realized swimming back to back two days in a row is hard, just like running. I barely got 30 laps in. The other thing I noticed is that when the water is choppy, it's much harder to swim. Two guys were doing laps this morning too and they caused a lot more wave action than when we swim and I could definitely tell the difference. Still, it felt good to get some exercise in.; July 24, 2010 at 6:10 PM

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Favorite Trails

South Fork 3.1: Start from dirt parking lot on Magic Mtn Pkway and run to the loop at Wiley Bridge and return the same way.

Tesoro 3.25: Start in Albertson parking lot and take sidewalk/trail until it ends and then enter the water tower road to the top two towers where the ends. Return the same way.

Chesebrough 3.25/4.60: From Chesebrough Park, N. to Copperhill, So. on Bike Trail, turn around at Decoro, back up trail to power lines to bridge at park. Turn around at Heritage will give you 4.6 miles.

Chesebrough 3.5: Chesebrough Park down to McBean, south to Northpark Dr., the paseo trailhead. Take the paseo to Helmers and back. Very hilly.

Bridgeport 4.0: Fairly flat, run toward Lowes and under Bouquet bridge to RiverPark community until you reach the closed gates and return. For a hilly run, go north into Helmers and run up the paseo switchbacks into Northpark where the paseo ends and return the same way.

Chesebrough 4.0: N. to Copperhill to west side of river trail, run S. on Bike Trail past Decoro bridge, across Decoro to the east side of river trail, up back to power lines trail, back to park.

Chesebrough 4.0: From park down power line trail to Heritage Park and back same way.

Bridgeport 4.0: From School, cross McBean via bridge or street and head into industrial center on Ave. Scott Bridge and enter bike trail going south toward the train bridge. Turn around at train bridge and return same way or cross the bridge and head toward Peet's after crossing train bridge and back onto the Lowes Trail.

Heritage 4.0: From park, run up bike trail to Decoro, over McBean Bridge into Helmers, and into Bridgeport through lake trail back to park. Can be done in reverse. Moderately hilly.

Chesebrough 4.25: Chesebrough north to Copperhill, left to Albertson side of bike trail. Run south on trail to Decoro and cross over bridge and head north all the way to Copperhill on east side of river trail and back to the park the same way as started.

Cheese/Decoro/Helmers 4.25: From the park, down dirt trail to bike path, south to Decoro. Leave bike path at Decoro and cross paseo bridge at McBean. Stay on paseo up hill towards Helmers. Run up water tower trail once then continue on to switchbacks and paseos back to park.

Heritage/Bridgeport 3.3: Heritage Park south to McBean Bridge @ Panera. Cross and head toward Lowes bike trail and head east toward Bridgeport Park. Halfway mark is at park bathroom, head back by entering trail along the lake and back onto the bridge.

Lowes 4.25: Lowe's parking lot to McBean, cross the bridge and to South Fork. At Valencia Bridge, enter trail behind Hart Baseball diamonds. Continue on trail to Bouquet and across the bridge on the east side and back under the bridge again towards Lowes.

Peet's & Decoro 5.2: Peet's Coffee to train bridge path; to Decoro and across bridge; back down McBean side of bike trail back to Peete's.

Peet's & Wiley 6.0: Start at Peet's Coffee and head east toward South Fork trail and past the Wiley Bridge. Keep running another 200 yards to where the trail forks left and right. Turn back same way.

Peet's & Copperhill 6.0: From Peet's to bike trail heading north to Copperhill and back.

Albertson 7.0: From the Albertson parking lot on Copperhill, enter the westside bike trail and head south until the train bridge. Return the same way.

Peet's 8.5: Run to Copperhill on east side of river trail and return via train bridge on other side.

Lowes 10: Start in the Lowes parking lot. Enter the bike trail heading west. At McBean, cross the bridge and head east toward SouthFork trail. Continue on trail until you come to the Wiley bridge and head back the same way.

McBean 14: This route can be done from anywhere along the trail route. Starting from McDonald's across the post office, run to the end of the South Fork trail and return the same way, cross the McBean bridge and run on the Lowes trail until you hit Bridgeport Elementary and then cross Newhall Ranch via the bridge or street and run back towards McBean. Continue north on McBean until you hit Copperhill. At Copperhill, cross McBean and enter San Francisquito bike trail and run south on the trail until you are back at McDonalds.