With the six miles I traveled today -- you're right, Anna, that biking would move me faster than swimming -- I've traveled South to approximately Elver Park, Madison:
Which you might remember from "The Great Sled Race," which occurred on that hill up and to the left of the minivan there.
In winter, obviously.
Today's workout: Biking, 6.0 miles, 25:07.
Latest weight: 253
Today's song that is actually the original version of the remake that I listened to, let me explain that: I listened to Panda Riot's cover of "Paper Planes," but M.I.A.'s original is better so I'm posting that:
I know that lately I've been on sort of a tear about societal rules, and how dumb many of them are, but they still exist, and not following them sometimes sends a message, too, doesn't it?
Take what happened this morning as I left the health club. At the entry/exit, there was just the one worker there, and she looked up as I left, and caught my eye.
So I'm compelled to say something, right? And so I do. I say: "Have a good day," and wave a bit.
And she said: "Okay. Bye."
Which, this: she didn't want me to have a good day, did she? How hard is it to say "Yeah, you, too?" Not hard at all. But she didn't say it. She just took my wishing that she have a good day and then sent me off into the universe with no good tidings on my part. Which to me is the exact same thing as wishing me to have a bad day. Isn't it?
Or did she just want to appear as though she didn't care what kind of day I have, at all?
Today's exercise: Swimming, 36 laps, 26:10
Latest weight: 253.
Today's song which I"m not going to say much about because I've got more to say after the song:
Gepetto, Belly:
And here is the more I've got to say: I found out that swimming 36 lengths in the lap pool where I swim equals a half mile, so today I upped my swimming to be a half-mile, exactly. I also found out that at our club they have a "I Swam Lake Michigan" club where you sign up and record how much you swim and when you've swum a distance equal to swimming across Lake Michigan, but that strikes me as kind of a small goal, and so what I've decided to do is
Exercise Around The World! I'm going to add to this a category where I add up how far I've gone, starting today, and see where that would get me if I were to travel around the world that way. So here goes day one:
Where In The World Am I? I swam a half-mile today, so starting at my house in Middleton, Wisconsin, I've gone...
... just up the street, almost to the McDonald's at the corner of Century Avenue and Allen Boulevard.
Well, you know what they say: A journey of a thousand miles starts with wondering whether you should stop and get a McGriddle.
I was supposed to swim today -- the new rotation is run, bike, swim, bike, repeat -- but when I got to the club at about 10:45, the only two pools that were open had a bunch of people in one, and in the other, the actual lap pool, there was what looked to be some sort of class with every lane full, and while I suppose I could have simply gotten into the pool and swum, I don't really like sharing a lane with someone in the first place, and I didn't want to have the awkwardness of walking into the pool to swim and being told that there was a class and I couldn't swim, which was a possibility, so that was two good reasons for me to not swim, there, and instead I went and biked again, bumping swimming to tomorrow.
And now I am back home, with the opportunity to post about Ulysses on this blog, and to now go help Mr Bunches re-read his book about the planets. Key things we've already learned about the planets:
1. Mercury is hot.
2. Venus is cloudy.
3. We only see Earth's moon at night.
4. Mars is small, and red.
5. Jupiter is big.
6. Saturn has rings.
7. Uranus is tilty.
8. Neptune is blue.
9. Pluto is small and cold.
The latter is accompanied by Mr Bunches shivering and saying Brrr. Also, he pointed out that the sun is exploding.
Today's workout: Biking, level five, 40:00.
Latest weight: 253.
Today's song, which I picked out because of the planets thing, I didn't actually listen to it while I worked out: Why Does The Sun Shine? They Might Be Giants
That is, according to TMBG, the only song to ever be fact-checked by another song, by the same artist:
Which makes They Might Be Giants more factually accurate than the Ryan/Romney ticket.
