Monday

It sure was nice getting into a warm pool Monday morning. To make things even better, when John came in, he didn't say anything. Maybe he is finally figuring out that after we swim is a much better time to talk to me. I am a little more awake then and in a slightly better humor. I swam

brick kick
1,650 30:31 (2:01)
200 3:04 (1:31)
300 medium paddles
4 X 50
300 medium paddles
150 2:19 (1:32)
300 medium paddles
4 X 50
1,300 small paddles
brick kick
100
total: 4,750 yards = 4,318 meters

Monday is now my long day at work. I teach in Greenville on Mondays and Wednesdays. Mondays is now when I do my block scheduled Old Testament Survey. So time is of a premium then. I had a couple of errands to run and then I went home to actually run. I cut the shuffle from last week's 11.05 to 8.13. I wanted to save a bit more energy for Tuesday. 

After getting up at 3:43 a.m., driving to Greenville and teaching, driving home and shuffling 8.13 miles, when I got inside the house, the temptation to stay there was almost overwhelming. I finally forced myself out the back door. I was happy outside. I always am. I never go out there and wish I has stayed in. But it really is a battle sometimes to overcome my laziness. It was dark and cold. I wondered what the other guys, the men I will swim against in Biloxi, were doing. I bet they were not in the cold and dark lifting weights. That thought gave me a little boost of energy, more motivation. I plan to go down there in May and kick their hinder parts.

I benched

12 X 105
10 X 115
9 X 120
8 X 125

Log press

12 X 52
10 X 57

Keg hold

2 X 25 seconds

That was a good day. Thank you, Jesus.