All Right, I Did It...

Yes, it is true - I ACTUALLY worked out today!!! Whoo Hoo!!!!  This is a big feat for me lately... getting the energy to go and workout.  Anyway, Evan helped motivate me by making himself go to the gym last night and he also took Hayden to daycare this morning, which helps greatly, because I am able to start working earlier in the morning.  I feel better - my body is sore, but I feel good.  I attended the Body Pump Class - anyone who knows me knows that I generally have to workout in a group setting to push myself (hence the motivation problem, sometimes).  Anyway, as I was working out, I felt like I was at home... I do not know if it was the smell of chlorine from down the hallway (I LOVE the smell of chlorine from the pool), or if it was the fact that because my undergraduate degree is Exercise and Sports Science; therefore, working out and knowing why you should do it comes naturally to me...  I am not sure.  

I do know that I used to be very fit!  I was always very active as a kid - something I hope that Hayden follows through with.  I also swam year round starting in High School.  Because swimming was not a recognized sport at my high school, we had to hire our own coach.  A group of us (from all 4 different high schools in the county) formed a team.  During the "regular" or qualifying season, we swam as Bruce High... (Bruce Stein was our coach).  When we made it to the Regional and State Meets, you were required to swim for an actual school; therefore, the school system HAD to support and recognize us.  It brings back a lot of memories thinking about swimming and how much I LOVED it... I was a State Champion for 2 years in a row - I swam on the Women's 200 Freestyle Relay teams in 1994 and 1995.  The first win was by a fingernail literally... 6 100's of a second... I can still remember the event... I swam the 3rd leg - Andrea (who would anchor) told me all I needed to do was to get her a lead... The girl swimming anchor in the lane beside ours was the 50M State Champ... she was fast... Anyway, I got Andrea that lead and she did hold onto it.  I was so proud - what an incredible feeling it was.  

I do not get in the pool very much anymore... I guess when you have to put in ear plugs so you do not get Swimmer's ear (my ears are very prone to the infection and I hate wearing them), I guess I use it as my excuse.  I do love being around it though... hence my LOVE for the smell of chlorine.  I love coaching and I love just being in the ambiance... Hmm... then why do I not like actually swimming anymore?  I am going to have to think on that one a little bit more.