Tuesday Swim

Relatively easy 30 minutes. A few overtures by Rossini (The Barber of Seville, The Thieving Magpie and three Beatle songs and by the time US Blues came on by the Dead my 30 minutes were up. When I left for work the swim team was still at it, about 1 hour and thirty minutes in. I haven't swam that long since my aborted effort to join the swim team in highschool. The coach wouldn't let us swim with goggles and chlorine really affects my eyes. I get a red halo surrounding my vision for hours after. I quit the team just shortly after it was announced that I wouldn't be making the squad anyway. It was only connection to organised sports in school or college, but it did cement a feeling that I disliked the system. There was no room for someone who enjoyed the sport (and needed goggles). But hey, I wonder how many of those guys in HS have done 4 marathons, a half ironman and countless centuries on a bike.:)