I am holding my baby so it was easier to do a video instead of typing.

Swimming?

When I was young, swimming was awesome. I remember splashing around in the pool and playing Marco Polo and other awesome games. So, when I thought about swimming for a triathlon, I was really excited. I thought that would be the funnest part. But I was wrong, oh, so wrong.

I got a free 7-day pass to Gold's Gym, which is Gold's Gym-ese for "Give us your information so we can call you weekly until you buy an over-priced package," to use the pool. They have a 3 lane lap pool that I tried out today. It was AWFUL (and I am not one to use all caps lightly). I literally took about 4 strokes and almost died. Swimming is so much harder than I remember! I don't know how Michael Phelps does it. After getting out of the pool, though, the gym was great. I got to ride a stationary bike then run on a treadmill. It was nice to watch the NBA Finals while I ran. However, I still prefer working out outside. Doing it all inside on a stationary bike and a treadmill is really, really boring. It felt good to do all three workouts in a row, though.

I decided a strategy with the Gold's "trainer" (Gold's Gym-ese for meathead salesman) is to give them a price that I am willing to pay for a year and see if they take it or come close enough. I can even use Kasey as an excuse (you know, "Well, I would love to do it...but, my wife...").

I think I will win.

Falls and Snot Rockets

So, sorry I haven't posted in a while. Don't worry, I have still been working out. In fact, yesterday I had a terrible bike ride.
The first half of the ride was fantastic. The weather was great, I was listening to a good audio book...out was great. But on the way home, I had to push the pedestrian button because the light only changes for cars. I moved my way over to the light pole, pulled out my left foot and leaned over to push the button. I suddenly felt my bike leaning more than I was, so I tried to pull out my right foot to catch myself. But it refused to come out, and I landed on my side. Nothing was hurt but my ego and my front brake, which started rubbing the wheel. So, I kept on going, but in a lower gear because of my brake, when my nose got stuffy.
The chord to my headphones was on my left side, so I tried to blow it on the other side. Naturally, the wind was blowing pretty hard (bikes are faster than running), so I ended up with a whole lot of snot across my face.
So, that's how my ride went yesterday. It went well.