Rare Swim Workout

Wife and I had to leave at 4am to get her to the airport. Since I was already going to be in Pensacola and Mark was swimming at the beach, it would be foolish to not go. However, there was rain and lighting the entire way, so I was sure we would not do it. I was tired and looking forward to sleeping in the car in my work parking lot while it rained.

Text to Mark: "Swim cancelled?"
Reply: "I'm headed out there now to see."
Text to Mark: "Storms all around. Clear at beach.
Reply: "Sounds good!"

Dang, so much for sleeping. Time for my first swim workout in over a year. The cool thing was that there were other people and in open water, so I could practice drafting and swimming straight. Both of those are hard to practice in a pool.

Swimming behind Ty was easy. His feet moved slow, and he moved slow. I could see his entire body by tilting my head up a little. Drafting off of Mark was not so easy. The only thing I could see was bubbles. The bubbles were all around, so I didn't know if I was heading toward the center of the bubbles or not. 90% of the time I wasn't.

As we were leaving, Mark asked if I wanted a ride for the 1.5 mile trip back to my workplace. I told him I'd run and his reply was "that a boy. just testen ya." It's good to be around people that encourage more working out.