SWIMMING!

I once again smell like chlorine; all is well in the world (and no one is allowed to sabotage it until my muscle pain really kicks in!).

Today began the grueling swim season. This morning's practice was much more difficult than it should have been. We were doing these sprints (4x50 on 1:00, in case anyone understands that) and I was working them hard; I felt like I was going to throw up. Yet I had this haphazardly placed grin stretched across my face. What is wrong with me? I feel so giddy. I was so gleeful all during school that my chemistry class now knows me to be insane and Zach called me a maniac because I was the only one answering his questions and I wasn't coherent. After school I indulged in another practice, this one more difficult than the first. The set of death was certainly deserving of the name, especially considering we just started the season (16x100 IM on a fasterish time). However, coach somehow got a decent answer out of us when he ended practice and shouted, "Is everybody happy?!" He normally doesn't get more than a sarcastic response, but today nearly every one of us answered with a resounding yes. I was surprised myself.

All in all, it was a 9,000 yard season opener. Tomorrow I will surely be able to lift no more than a finger and I will moan as I try to eradicate myself from my bed. But as for today, I am content with my lick 'n' sniff.