Weekend
It was a rough week of training. I have been so sore and tired that I was getting a little frustrated with my practice times. I really looked forward to doing some things I haven’t done in a while this weekend. It is good for me to sometimes take a step back and relax. I tend to be a little intense about training at times and I don’t like it when I’m not swimming at my optimal speed.
It has been a beautiful weekend and I wanted to spend some time outdoors. So on Saturday I decided to go to the range and hit some golf balls. I am not much of a golfer and I’ve only been on courses a few times but I like to go to the range and just hit a few balls every now and then. I haven’t done it in a long time though because the weather has been cold. It was a lot of fun and I hit the ball much better than I expected since I don’t normally hit well even when I practice more frequently.
Then at night I went to the bowling alley with Beth and a few friends. We played 3 games and I won the first 2. Then I guess I hit my limit because I got annihilated on the last game. After the last game I remembered why it is that I don’t bowl more often. It is not quite as cheap as I think it should be. At over $4 a game it is a little out of control. I remember back when I was in high school there were specials to bowl for $1 per game. I would bowl more often if that were the case in Athens. Despite the price it was a fun evening.
Now Sunday is just a day of total relaxation before the week ahead. I’ve done a little reading and bought a couple new books. I’ve been excited lately about Chuck Palahniuk. He wrote Fight Club, the book that the movie was based off. I recently heard about another of his books called Choke and started reading it. I’m only about halfway through that but I like it so far and today I bought a couple more of his books. Word to the wise though that these books are definitely rated “R”. Have a great week.