jock librarian

This morning, we warmed up with 12 Drummers drumming (200 Free, 100IM) and 11 Pipers piping. And our main set consisted of:

• 10 x 25 Lords a-leaping (4 x 25 Free, 3 x 25 Back, 2 x 25 Breast, 1 x 25 Fly)
• 9 x 75 Ladies dancing (Back/Breast/Free and Fly/Back/Free)
• 8 x 100 Maids a-milking (4 x 100 Free, 2 x 75 Free/25 Kick, 2 x Free S/K/S/K)
• 7 x 50 Swans a-swimming (25 Back/25 Breast)
• 6 x 25 Geese a-laying (All Breast--and according to Alfredo, "Breast is best.")
• 5 x 50 Golden rings (Fly drill: 25 Right Arm/25 Left Arm)
• 4 x 100 Calling birds (IM Reverse)
• 3 x 150 French hens (Pull)
• 2 x 100 Turtle doves (Stroke, moderate pace)
• 1 x 200 True love (200 ez swim) and a partridge in a pear tree!

Since setting my training goals for 2008, I've come to appreciate Sally Edwards' sage advice regarding time management. In Triathlons for Women, she writes:

If there's a consistently huge difference between the time you have and the demands you place on your time, you will crash and burn. Stay ignited, and find a new way to relate to time. Referees call time; musicians mark time...statisticians keep time; athletes race against time. The fact remains that we are all given the same amount of time. There are 24 hours in a day, 168 hours in a week. Use them fully--live every moment.