The Pool

Today I ventured back to my Saturday morning aquacise class. The pool was a little chilly getting in, but once we got moving I warmed up quite a bit. While I enjoyed this class when it was was my cross training activity, I don't find it a challenging enough workout to make it my only activity. About 15 minutes into class I found myself more interested in what the Captain was doing on the other side of the pool with his Masters Swim class and wondering why I didn't try it this morning. After both our classes were over, we talked to Coach Rich about my forced time off from running, and that I was looking for another activity in the interim. After showing me his own nail-less big toe, He said I should just come join the Master's class, provided I know how to swim. I can try out a few classes to see if it's a good fit before I sign up for good. You have to actually know how to swim before you can join the Master's class, so I'm hoping I'm decent enough at it that he won't send me to the guppy class. I've had a couple friends suggest swimming as an alternative while I can't run, and it looks like a good tough workout. I figure if I was up to the challenge of training for a full marathon, I can be up to the challenge of some serious swimming. Just have to work out a schedule with the Captain, since the only day we can go to Master's class together will be the Saturday class. The evening class run's 30 minutes past when the childwatch center closes at the Y, and there are morning classes from 5:30-6:30. Which would mean leaving straight from class to work, and missing the kids morning routine. But I think we can make it work.