I was in a funk. Out of the pool for about two months. Just wasn’t feeling it.

But found a team. More importantly, found a masters team with good workout times: 0630-0730, M-Th. All other possibilities here were either 0500-0600 or 1930-2030. One time slot got in the way of my sleep, while the other, well, got in the way of my sleep. Too early or too late.

But not Lane-4. I can do two swims workdays with them and even do Saturdays (0730-0830). Nice to be back in the pool. And holy crap, two months of no swimming. I hurt so bad!

Just on Saturday, one of the other guys in my lane asked me my 100 time, and I said 1:45-1:50. Sadly, what he really asked was what interval I wanted to swim at. What followed was

100 on 1:45, then 50 easy

Twelve times! So :05 or less of rest each rep. Pain. Arms killed me for the rest of the day. I took two naps instead of my usual one. Sacrifice!