A gorgeous Friday morning in Vancouver and I hit the road full of energy. This is my last weekend in BC for a while so I have to go out with a bang!! Off to Delta first and what do you know...I get a flat tire. I pull into the closest Enterprise Rent-a-Car (probably the best rent-a-car place if I could suggest any. If you are in Kitsilano, ask for Sandra) and all they have in stock is a beautiful white Dodge Dakota. "No problem" I say, I snatch the keys and off to Aldergrove next. Flat tire ruin my day? Hells no! Thanks for the free upgrade. I crush a meeting with about 50 students hanging out of my tailgate, all cheering and chanting as I pulled away. Back to the office to crank out some emails and phone calls and then off to the pool I go! I have lived in a house with a pool in the backyard my whole life but don't fancy myself a skilled swimmer. More of a cannonball / backflip kind of dude.
Trying to shake up my routine and shock my body the routine I commit myself to is 10 minutes of swimming and at the end of each lap, pull myself out of the pool and either do 5 push ups or 10 sit ups. This is inspired from my Army buddy Justin Ford who used to make me do this in his indoor pool back in 2008 when I was 200 lbs. In between each 10 minute swim I will go in the Sauna for 5 minutes to catch my breath and keep my sweat going. Do that for a full hour and I beleive that should be a good work out. I hope I don't just sink when I hit the water. Five minutes into my first swim set I feel like throwing in the towel. I really suck at swimming. I look like a one armed golden retriever treading water. My laps take a whole 30 seconds to do while an 80 year old asian man does 2 laps in the time it takes me to do one. Then a congregation of 8 othe elderly asians are having a friday night hot tub party. Even though I don't speak any asian tongues, I can tell they are talking about me. I have become their entertainment for the night. Anyhow, I power through it somehow with my anxious audience and when I finally collapse on the side of the pool done my work out, I got a round of applause. That was the only gratifying part of my swim. I retreat back to my room where I lay on the floor in a fetal position for a good 30 minutes before I do anything else. I am exhausted, dehydrated, sore in the shoulders and not a happy camper. I have no idea why I thought swimming was a good idea.
Anyways, Friday night, time to go party. Here is my weekly Friday song and wish me luck tomorrow. My super saturday consists of hot yoga, a gym routine with the always motivational Richard Joseph, a skate session with Rich and all followed by tossing around the frisbee. Oh boy....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR6oYX1D-0w ENJOY!!!
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