Under what conditions is it OK to end your indoor swim workout early? Only one of the answers below is the correct response:
a. When there’s cramping in your right foot?
b. When there’s cramping in your left foot?
c. When there’s cramping in your right calf?
d. When there’s cramping in your right forearm?
e. When your bladder has reached maximum capacity?
f. All of the above?
If you selected the letter f, give yourself a prize. A mere 400 yards short of completing today’s long swim workout, letters a through e threatened to embarrass me or give the life guards a live body upon which to practice CPR.
Not to be left out of the beating my body was taking in the pool, Frank popped a chain while I was halfway up a steep incline. After fixing the chain I decided to approach the rest of the hill the way I approach life: ride back to the beginning, gain as much momentum as possible before hitting the hill again, and show it who’s the Queen of the Mountain.
After my long meeting-filled work day and the challenges I faced in my swim and ride, I made it home by 8:00 and rewarded my perseverance with a dinner of cheese and crackers.