Training Update

Back in Oregon. As long as I can remember, whenever I am in Hawai'i there's this little taskmaster in my head plotting "how can I live here forever now?" This trip, taskmaster was alive and well, but so was my deep excitement and gratitude for my amigos and family on the mainland.  Getting back to Oregon was good.  I'm sorry not to be warm and in the sea and with my people in Hawai'i, but coming home to a full moon, running into an old friend with a homeless airstream (!) on the Max, full moon witchcraft and ribs dinner and a big soft blue bed in Portland remind me that the magic is alive and well wherever I go.

This is a video Sika made about how much I love Ribs!



So I'm in the last week of base two.  That means next week is recovery, which is nice as I am about to learn how to work all day, work on No Shame In My Game, be in Portland, and get my workouts in starting with the WFR that we start teaching on Saturday in Portland.
A highlight of this trip to Hawai'i was going to the pool with Opa and sharing a lane.  The waves were too big to go in the sea and it was a treat to swim and do math with him.
The swim these days is:
Warmup: 200 (that's 4 roundtrips) side drill, 200 free, 200 pull buoy (which sounds like pool boy and goes between your legs, haha)
Workout: 1 x 400 (8 round trips), 3 x 200, 4 x 100
Cooldown: 200 free with fins
I wanted to write that down so later I can look back at it and see if I think it looks big or small.  It's funny how much math I do in the pool, it's the ultimate brain trick, breaking down numbers so things seem the size you want them to be but the totals are the same. Math.
So that's the update. I think I'm getting a little tired. I have some crud at the top of my lungs and I'm slurping down the vitamin Cs and fighting the good fight. I think I'm ahead. Ribs help.