30K and an Evil Surprise

I got 2000 yards today, and then a nasty surprise when I jumped out of the pool. My right calf went into a mega Charlie horse. I was stuck sitting on the side of the pool—couldn’t even stand—and had to wait for over five minutes before it finally let go. The good news is that while it was certainly the longest Charlie horse I’ve ever had, it was nowhere near the most painful.

Anyway, after my swim I went down to 7-11 and bought a pickle bag. Yes, I said “bag.” Because they don’t have them in jars there, just single serving plastic bags. I drank the pickle juice because for some reason that helps my family when we get leg cramps and such. And yes, that pickle juice never tasted so fine as it did tonight!

Unfortunately, it also shot right through me, which made the trek home from the bus stop interesting. I was hoping along on a bum right leg (I’ll probably still be gimpy in the morning) and trying to make it to the can in time. Lotsa fun, but I won’t go into further details.

All that plus I worked an hour of overtime today. Which is probably why I got the leg cramp in the first place. See, I got to the Y rather late and was trying to finish my swim in an hour and a half max so I could catch the earlier bus home. And I made it too, but my leg cramp sidelined me for that five minutes which meant by the time I got out of the Y, I knew I couldn’t make it to the bus stop in time (especially since I was gimpy then too). So, in a way, I think you could blame Bush for this.

Anyway, my total is now 30,200 yards swam leaving 1,729,800 yards to go.