Took the kids to Abe's soccer game this morning while Aaron did some mountain running. We both arrived home around 10:40 a.m. and I rode my bike for 20 minutes to the swimming pool while he ate breakfast and drove the kids to the pool to meet me there. For my workout I put on a flotation belt, tied an old, cut bicycle tube (aka resistance band) to the back of my belt (the other end to the wall) to keep me in place, and jumped in for some "aqua jogging" or "pool running" or "running under water" or "flailing my arms and legs like someone who never learned to swim" or whatever you call that weird cross training activity we crazy runners sometimes do. 30 minutes easy, 10, 4, 4 minutes at sustained effort with 2 minutes easy between each, then 18 minutes easy for a total of 70 minutes of aqua-rific fun. And I have to admit it was actually quite fun. Had I not gotten a hold of Aaron's waterproof iPod case it may have been dreadfully long and mind numbing but with the music I actually found myself smiling from time to time (and singing aloud even though the lifeguard may have questioned my sanity). Achilles feels great! Of course the only activity that ever causes it to hurt is actual running...so I guess I'll really know how it feels next week when I go for another run. (I'm putting my daily effort at 7.5 miles just to make my weekly mileage look nice and purdy).
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