One of my favorite swimmers is Jason Lezak. He of the fastest 100 split time ever swam….which just happened to be in the final leg of the 4×100 relay at the 2008 Olympics. When I decided to start lifting weights a few months ago I went and found a workout used by Lezak for sprint swimmers.
I did the upper body section of that tonight and managed okay. The weight section of the Galter is nice, albeit a little cramped.
It has been a long time since I woke up and got in a workout before noon.
I had set out to work out 14 times during February…I made it to the gym 3 times. Meh…win some lose some.
Today’s work out:
W/U 200 swim/200 pull
5×100 on the 1:50
100 pull, 100 IM
5X100 on the 1:50
C/D 50 backstroke pull
I can come up with 1000 reasons why I haven’t worked out in the last five months. The one about wedding and honeymoon doesn’t fly anymore however. So today I signed on at the Galter Life Center at Swedish Covenant Hospital. It’s four whole blocks from the house. It’s on the way home, parking is great, the facility is wonderful and the classes are what I need. No more excuses.
Workout:
200 swim/200 pull
10X100 with 10 sec rest
About this time three years ago I decided to get back in shape after 10 years of general unhealthy living. I accomplished that after hooking up a triathlon training group in Dallas. I managed to lose about 30 pounds and complete a handful of 5K and 10K races as well as two triathlons and a duathlon. It was awesome.
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This is something I could see going to mass market in the future. I was cooking last night while basketball was on in the other room. I have a sling box but didn’t want to bring my laptop in the kitchen because it would only get in the way. What if I had a Sling app on my wall-mounted computer? Would have been easy to do that, and then check email, and double check a recipe etc.
The New York Times published a list of 31 can’t miss travel destinations today. Sadly I have been to none of these 31 places..not even Vegas! Unfortunately my one travel destination planned for the year, Cancun, is not listed. Now that my life is somewhat settled hopefully I can start traveling a little more before kids come along. (yikes?)
So here I am at Midway for what is maybe the 12th time this year.
One thing I’ve learned as an expert traveler. DON’T use the expert traveler lane at Midway!You see, in some airports, the TSA has set up lanes to alleviate the frustration. You’ve got the black diamond lane, where the road warrior business travelers (are supposed to) go. Then there’s the casual lane where the weekenders going to see the grandkids or the couple headed to the beach are supposed to queue up. Then there’s the green circle lane, families and those with medication. The assumption being that they’ll need more time.
Everyone likes to think they are an expert. What with their elaborate strap tie shoes, four carry on items, laptop and bag of liquids and gels.
Meanwhile the family lane is treated like it’s a line for H1N1 injections. People are just too proud to head to that lane. I’m an expert! What’s hilarious is that they use shape and color similar to ski slopes. So you’ve got got people way above their experience level sliding down the lane they have no business being in.
So what did I do?
I roll up and stand in a 5 person ID line and then on my way to the metal detectors I find myself whisked away to the Airline employee lane as they only pull people from the left two lanes…both family lanes. Total time in security? About 10 minutes.
Were it not a holiday I’d be cool with sitting on the couch tonight but it’s kind of cool knowing you’re an expert traveler chilling in the family lane 
So this morning one of my favorite blogs, D Magazine’s Frontburner took up the (seemingly for the millionth time) debate surrounding subscriptions to newspaper Web sites as a way to combat falling print revenues. AH Belo, the parent company of Dallas’ paper of record, the Dallas Morning News, is hinting that they’ll toss up pay walls in the near future on one of its online properties. I weighed in on the comments, but I wanted to share it here as well.
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For whatever reason, I always seem to get hung up on the stupid design when it comes to this blog. As pointed out, content is no longer king, therefore I need to focus solely on the look to have a good blog. Right? Right? Oh, um. Right. So here goes a blogging adventure…again.