I'm an ogre

Hey Fortress, I was back in the water again yesterday. The arm is mostly healed and despite the fact that the 500 warmup nearly killed me (God, I HATE being out of shape) the rest of practice felt really good! Hang in there! Feisty P.S. - I love your current avatar. Is that your 6 year old? Very cool.

Hey Fortress, I was back in the water again yesterday. The arm is mostly healed and despite the fact that the 500 warmup nearly killed me (God, I HATE being out of shape) the rest of practice felt really good! Hang in there! Feisty P.S. - I love your current avatar. Is that your 6 year old? Very cool. Feisty: I'm glad you're feeling better and back in the water! Everyone I know had a rather rough holiday season, workout and health wise ... I'm not feeling like so much of an ogre anymore. Not exactly a happy princess yet. Too out of shape for that. But at least heading in the right direction. Glad you are too. Aim for a spring meet. That is my 6 year old, Gillian. She was 5 when the picture was taken. Not sure if she's going to be a real swimmer. She prefers ball sports so far. :eek: I haven't told her yet that travel soccer makes me an ogre too.

I'm not feeling like so much of an ogre anymore. Not exactly a happy princess yet. Too out of shape for that. But at least heading in the right direction. Glad you are too. Aim for a spring meet. I'm glad you're feeling better. I can't believe how much better I feel this week. But I'm really out of shape. My 100's today were about 3-5 sec slower than what I was doing in Nov.

I'm glad you're feeling better. I can't believe how much better I feel this week. But I'm really out of shape. My 100's today were about 3-5 sec slower than what I was doing in Nov. I'm glad you're feeling better too Floyd! I'll have you know that I did place my order for nose clips with Keifer, just to try them out. Now, Rich is going to come make fun of me so I will give him one of these :thhbbb: before he gives me one. Don't worry. I did 10 x 100 free today as my main set. I was 6-7 seconds slower per 100 than in Nov. on a slightly slower interval. :rofl: Same with my 100 IMs the day before. Can't say I was really pushing myself -- I'm too out of shape and not at full energy -- but nonetheless it was awful. My efficient speed is gone, and I'm not an ogre ... I'm a thrashing slug.

I'm a thrashing slug. I felt like this Monday, but the smoothness (I'm not going to use the word effortless yet) is coming back. But I was able to hold my stroke count (Terry would be proud) even though the times were a bit off. Tomorrow is breaststroke:help: and backstroke:groovy: day.

Hey Fortress, I was back in the water again yesterday. The arm is mostly healed and despite the fact that the 500 warmup nearly killed me (God, I HATE being out of shape) the rest of practice felt really good! Hang in there! Feisty P.S. - I love your current avatar. Is that your 6 year old? Very cool. Carrie, I'm glad you are swimming again. I remember seeing you at meets last year with Chris & your darling baby. (I swam at the clinic Chris did with Nadine) I'm almost positive I swam next to you in a free sprint at state, too ... How are things with the waves? What meets are you guys planning on heading to? You have a great team!

Hi Heather! Thanks, nice to hear from you! The darling baby is now a shrieking 19 month old who forgot to read the chapter about separation anxiety peaking at 18 months. We'll see how the meets go. Chris and I are actually swimming on different teams this year. We are a house divided! :p He left Waves to coach Academy Bullets Masters and I'm still at Waves. For sure we will be at the Big Dog Masters meet, Superbowl meet, and the Bloomington meet (Chris is doing the clinic with Nadine again and this year Meg and I will join him down there). I imagine we'll do more meets too. As for the official Waves list of meets - the latest is always posted on our website: http://www.napervillewaves.org Hope you had a good state meet last year. Mine was good for the 50's and my 100 free was decent... after that I kind of unraveled. Good luck and hope to see you around at some meets. Let me know what ones you guys are going to. Carrie

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