Monday, April 23, 2012

Not slacking, just had a life changer

So last week I only swam once.  Monday afternoon was a life changer.  Here's the details of why.  Events like that make you look at your kids a little deeper and with gentler eyes.

This morning I was in the SLSC pool at 5:15 and did:
1000 free then joined masters:

600 warmup
3600 - ( 2 x 25's first one free, second one stroke, 2 x 50's same thing, 2 x 75's.... 2 x 200's, then back down)
500 - 10 x 50's hypoxic breathing

Then did:

1000 kick with fins
2000 pull
2000 finger paddles
300 easy
11,000 yards total in 3:10


Looking forward to a long swim in GSL tomorrow afternoon.

2 comments:

Matt Gerrish said...

Goodness, I hope they can square away his problem soon. I guess swimming and everything else in life takes a back seat when your family is in trouble. Keep us posted.

Gords said...

Thanks Matt. He was diagnosed with Stevens Johnson Syndrome, and was brought on by his body's reaction to Mycoplasma(Walking Pnemonia). He's healing and this morning looked much better. Now that we know what the issue is, and have scheduled him on the medicines he needs, life is getting more normal. I'm back in the water now.

The water at GSL is above 60 now. You're welcome to join us if you can.