Day Forty-Three

Swim Run

I checked out the Dolphin Club at Aquatic Park yesterday.  The people were encouraging and happy to have someone else interested in the club.  The man I talked to mentioned that the women are more hard core than the men (I read about this on yelp).  There is an older group of ladies that sued in the 70's to be part of the 'men's only club' and they are a tough group still proving that they deserve to be there.  He also let me know that wetsuits are frowned upon...again especially for the woman.  The club is interesting, historic, with beautiful wooden boats inside.  Today I went out to swim and again I met great people.  I swam around the buoys twice.  The nice lady that I met in the shower, cooky (of course everyone that swims in 50 degree water is probably a little nutty) but kind, said that that is a woman's mile.  I guess if I want it to count as a full mile I have to swim to a gray boat, not the pier.  I was in the water for about 25 minutes and actually felt good.  I was not freezing cold, and I only freaked out about seals once or twice...pretty good.  The sauna was not as warm as I had hoped, but it still warmed me up from the chilly water.  Everything was great..until I found a ticket on my car...only a little bummer after the great experience. 

Headed home and ran at the beach.  Ryan wants me to try Chi Running to possibly help with my foot pain.. so he gave me 20 pointers for my run.  I can only focus on one thing at a time, so I focused on kicking back my feet.  I ran for 30 minutes NO PAIN!!!  YEAH!!!!  Only 19 more points to learn.