Keeping up with the Joneses.

So, this morning was supposed to be my track workout day. Instead, I am taking it as the rest day. Running hard on Sunday and swimming hard on Monday had me feeling pooped out this morning. And it is going to be an endless day. So I'll do the run tomorrow morning instead.

Generally speaking, I am a fairly competitive person. I do my best to keep up with my lane mates in the water. And I always pick someone out ahead of me in a race to try to pass. But when we swim side by side, I turn from a fairly competitive person to a driven person. Lisa didn't even use the word race yesterday. But immediately I was in race mode when she said to swim together. I love the feeling of the water rushing by. I love feeling the strength in my legs when I kick like crazy. I love looking over at my "opponent" when I catch a breath and seeing us dead even and know I need to keep my head down and drive for that wall. And I love that feeling of touching the wall just a fingernail ahead of her. (At least a couple of times.)

We did this 10 times yesterday. What a great start to what is sure to be an epic long workweek!

Now, I need to be able to do that without fins. And I need to catch up to my other buddies who have moved into lane two. So my work is cut out for me. Hang on girls, I'm coming!!!