From Shade to Fog on Saturday

My schedule today provided an opportunity to swim at Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Aquatic Center, so I seized it. I arrive just after noon, and the pool was hopping. A synchronized swimming competition was about to get underway, two lanes were filled with aquacizers, the tot pool was filled with tiny kiddos and their parents, the deck was filled with families hanging out under umbrellas, and every lane had a swimmer in in. Absolute summer heaven.

What wasn’t so lovely is that I realized my favorite pair of shaded goggles were broken. A small portion that holds the nose piece in had cracked off. I switched to a back-up pair of shaded goggles and spent the rest of the swim with a fogged-up view. No matter what I tried I could not get a fog-free view! Oh well.

I kept this swim a little shorter than usual as I needed to get back in mid-city:

• 8 x 100 free with every other 100 pull

• 600 free/back combo with every third lap back

• 400 kick alternate free/fly

• 200 easy free cool down