I remember now...

why I haven't been swimming, since about last December.

After just two workouts -- and I use the term workout so very loosely ;) I can barely raise my left arm above my shoulder... sharp, pointy -- pain!!! I will try one more workout, all swim, drill and / or kick, no pull, as I think that's what is causing it, before I go to physio. Okay maybe two more workouts... then physio.

The good news is that I had a fantastic run session on Sunday morning at the new school, (it's well past the old school where touch football, beer, and doobies were being passed around), had to shimmy the lamppost and climb the fence, then sneak between the trees onto the new-new rubber track... k, i didn't really have to sneak around as I think I have "permission" to use it, but it's true there is a lamppost and a fence that is locked to keep the skateboarders, rollerbladers, dog-walkers, and ne'er-do-well kids from ruining it again.

The goal was to do the first interval very easy, say half-mar pace, the second one 10k pace, and the third somewhere between 5k pace and all out, not sure what all out is these days (except for the first set, meaning the third 1k which was a bit slow so as not to aggravate the b-a-d b-a-k so early in the workout). It was windy, a bit cool, and there was geese and poop all over the field and on parts of the track, the inside lane even, so I guess I ran a bit further than intended:

3 x 1k (4:40, 4:33, 4:18) on 5:30 -- 3mr
3 x 800 (3:40, 3:32, 3:23) on 4:30 -- 3mr
3 x 600 (2:30, 2:21, 2:13) on 3:30 -- 2mr
3 x 400 (1:35, 1:28, 1:24) on 2:30 -- 2mr
3 x 200 (:45, :41, :39) on 1:30

Not bad eh, and with my speed and forcefulness I scared those darn geese away... good circuit training afterwards and thankfully no sharp pointy pains in my lower back.