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Nothing like being the only person in the pool for almost an hour. One of the things I love about swimming is that it’s so quiet. Yes, there is music playing, but you can’t hear it under water. It’s very peaceful. Now let’s compare and contrast the swimming experience to the “being in a locker room with four gossipy teenage girls who won’t shut the heck up.” I am telling you, I almost performed a quadruple murder this morning, and I suspect that the other ladies in the locker room at 6:15 would have come to my aid, not theirs. Good freaking LORD! First of all, they’re in the showers (there are four shower stalls) for over 10 minutes gabbing and squealing and laughing about the STUPIDEST things (as many teenage bubble-headed girls are wont to do). Over ten minutes. I’m out there waiting. Waiting Waiting. I don’t do the soap up in public thing. I feel too self conscious. Finally it looks like one is done. Shower goes off but she stays in there and stays and stays. I am patient at first, but after I notice she is GETTING DRESSED IN THE SHOWER STALL I’m ready to lose it. I was just about to go over and mention that some of us have jobs and there are changing stalls, when she FINALLY got out. My shower was four minutes of sheer horror. Gab gab squeal giggle gab gossip squeal giggle gab gossip plan murder giggle gossip gab consider drowning myself in the shower squeal horse laugh gossip no way yes way gossip squeal screech gab consider cutting my wrist with my razor squeal gossip gab. If you’re doing the math…I waited over 10 minutes, I took a 4 minute shower. One (the dresser) was in there when I came in. Yes, each of them took over a 15 minute shower, squealing, gossiping, and yapping the entire time. It was like being locked in a steel crate with 4 yapping pomeranians, only I think the poms would have had more interesting things to say. Then they spread out all over the room. There are four hand dryers for hair, two of them take up two each. Um. Hey gals! Look around you! Do you notice you’re NOT the only ones in the locker room! Oh hey! My patience was wearing so thin…but I maintained and no one was hurt, and somehow I managed NOT to be late to work. Grrrr. Oh and my workout? It went pretty well. I did drills and then finished up with 600 free swim. I hate kick drills, just sayin’.

Workout:

• Type: Swim
• Date: 11/24/2009
• Time: 05:00:00
• Total Time: 1:05:12.00
• Calories: 368
• Distance: 2,400 yd
• Average Pace: 2:43.64/100yd