Grumpy morning
As usual, woke up at 4:30 for my Tuesday morning swim/spin/swim brick. Sometimes it's a swim/spin/run/swim brick. Today it was a wait for lifeguard/spin/finally get to swim brick. At 5:10, after setting up my bike in the spin studio, I headed for the pool. Nice big empty pool all for me. The one lifeguard who was there told me I couldn't get in until the other one showed up. She was noticeably uncomfortable, I'm sure she was aware of the wrath she was going to incur until the other lifeguard arrived. So I sat on the bench and tried to stay awake. Leah and Dave came down and waited for a while as well. Finally at 5:30, we decided even if we did get in, we wouldn't accomplish much so everyone went their separate ways to do something productive before spin class.
I went to the stretching room to do some easy leg and hip stretches. After that, I went to the spin studio to do some extra warm-up. Jane put together a great class, as usual.
Back to the pool. There were now 3 lifeguards present. The 2 that are supposed to be there, and their boss. Doubt he was very happy to get called in. Not sure what time the tardy lifeguard arrived, but when I jumped into a lane with James in the now full pool, he told me that when he arrived at the Y around 6 am, Dr. Wells was leaving and not very happy. James said he came to the pool and there was still only 1 lifeguard, so he went and shaved and came back to find enough lifeguards to satisfy the insurance company.
I ended up only doing 1600 yards. In a work-out on Sunday, Josh told me that I wasn't sticking my head far enough in the water and I was dragging my rear (Jay told me the same thing months ago, guess I'm a slow learner). And I have no length to my stroke. I am now working on putting my head way under and swimming downhill, pushing the T, whatever. In the short-term, it will make it more difficult to breathe, but in the long-term it will make me more efficient and give my stroke greater length. Josh told me to concentrate on my head for now, and the next piece to correct is the body roll. I appreciate the coaching. Things can only get better.
The good news is this is the first time this year I have had a swim work-out delayed at the Y. Last year, tardy lifeguards and faulty pool equipment frequently interurban the swim schedule. Because of that, one delay in the first 5 months is not that big of a deal.