Day One of Nationals Training? & New Swim Suits

I was supposed to meet Frank at his studio this morning so we could begin my strength training for the USMS National Championships in Indy.  As I stated in a previous blog, we have had a hard time getting this training thing going.  It seems like every time I'm zigging, he's zagging.  When I then try to zag, he zigs!  Just when we thought all of that was over with, I get the following text:

"OK, here's the deal.  Blew a hole in my radiator.  No car.  Can we meet again this Friday at 6:00AM instead of tomorrow?"

And the saga continues!  At any rate, this probably worked out for the best as I've been nursing a sore back for a few days now.  Not quite sure how, but something got tweaked as I was getting into my car to go and coach swim team.  Imagine that, a simple maneuver like sitting down tweaks my back.  Nothing 800mg of ibuprofen can't handle!  But I digress.  After receiving the above text, I asked if he could at least send me a workout to get started with.  It needed to include some butterfly, backstroke, or both as well.  "Check" was his response.

While sitting at work, a lovely little package arrived from the company I picked to create our ONE Masters Swim team suits.  So, on my first day of nationals training, I'll be sporting some new gear.  Here is a pic I sent out to the club letting them know the suits were in:

Since I haven't been to the YMCA to swim in quite some time, my annual membership had elapsed.  Before I was to swim, I'd have to re-up at the front desk.  I'm not too fond of swimming at this particular venue, but I really can't beat it for convenience.  On top of that, I had a ONE Multisport board meeting at 5PM that was literally several miles from my work.  I had my work cut out for me and if I wanted to re-register, get my swim in, shower, and head all the way back down to the meeting in time, I was going to have to hustle!  

I printed out the following Frank Sole workout and headed out the door:

Warm Up

1 x ( 400 + 4 x 100 + 4 x 50 ) @ 15 RI

Main Workout 

8 x 100 free swim @ 1:35 

8 x 50  fly kick with board @ 1:00

8 x 50 fly/free sprint the fly down easy free back (fly down free back) @ 20RI 

1 x 200 easy 

8 x 50 fly @ 20 RI

Warm Down 

100 easy

Only problem was that I realized that I didn't grab said workout off the printer and had to turn around to go get it.  This was a total waste of precious time.  Finally, I get home, let the dogs out, get my swim gear together, and head over to the Y.  Once there, I tried to renew my membership, but they said that they needed my card (which I didn't have) after initially telling me they didn't.  Another waste of time!  At least the kid let me in anyway and said that I could do it the next time I came back.  The time was now roughly 3:45.  I had a MAXIMUM of 45minutes to get the above 3300 yard workout done and get home....not gonna happen.  Ultimately, I was able to do everything but those last 50s fly.  I quickly hopped out, dried off, and headed home.  No time for a shower, so I did a quick change and headed off to my meeting smelling of chlorine.  After all of this, I was only 10 minutes late!  I guess that one of the reasons for me telling all of this is that I NEVER had this problem during my entire IM training.  I can't recall having to cut any workout short because of a prior commitment.  Oh, how things change when you are not training for the big event!  Anyway, hopefully this is day one on my journey to Indy!