Today was the first day that I decided to go into the pool outside at the gym. I generally like doing so after baking/roasting (?) for about an hour. It's a good way to cool down and get one last activity in. However, "like" is not really the right word, as I find swimming to be IMMENSELY boring. Good lord.
That got me thinking about the differences between myself and one of my friends. Needless to say, I like running. (Pretty self-evident, given the blog and its title, don't ya' think?) I like it enough that I decided to become a Marathon Maniac and have achieved lots of goals. However, one of my friends often states, when talking about any runs that she does, that she "wants to die." While she does have a goal one day to complete the Marine Corps Marathon, she'll need to get past that reaction to running.
Despite that, though, she is huge into swimming. So much so that she is going to be doing a "marathon swim" this summer -- swimming across Lake Erie, from the Canadian side to the U.S. (near Buffalo). Damn! I can't fathom swimming for even half an hour (about 15 minutes is as much as I can tolerate), let alone the amount of time it will take to swim 12 miles. While she has a time limit of 12 hours (I think), her goal? 6-7 hours. Rather amazing, if you ask me.
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