Full of Great Ideas

We have officially arrived at the point in the trip (just past halfway, very tired and delusional) where many of the members of the team are becoming more creative with their ideas and have begun BRAINSTORMING.  This is never a safe situation, as many new philosophical theories about training, diet, tanning and rest have been orated by some of our team's finest scholars.

One of this brilliant idea came to the mind of our Citizen of the Year, who decided to give Zadok a proper greeting to his arrival to Ft. Myers.  Zadok flew in from the Caribbean last night and this morning was his first chance to shake off some rust.  Mr. of the Year was, once again, brainstorming ideas and thought it might be fun to catch Zadok off-guard during our first pink set. In this exclusive video, you'll see Mr. of the Year attempt to shank (i.e. stab with a homemade weapon, in this case, his stronger-than-life thumb muscles) Zadok while swimming unawares.  A few seconds later, you'll find Omar launching his body like a human weapon at Stephen and his vulnerable self, releasing a shank in the left, rib area.  It should be noted that Steven has been at every practice since the trip began, but Omar will use a shank on anyone he can, including the lifeguard staff, the hotel front desk and the workers serving us dinner last night.

Despite the shenanigans and sun attempting to shine too brightly, we put in a solid 135 minutes of work.  Our 6:47AM ab workout was our best of the week.  Our team time, including 2200 pre-set leading to our group work, was outstanding.  We stubbed our toes a bit when it came to pace work, but all of our sprints where executed nicely.

It would be great if we could race the sun everyday

You can see the signs of being more in shape break through the muscle fatigue.  We are still a long ways away, but the Bison understand their fitness level must continue to ascend in the proper direction (and if they are not aware, I will be sure to remind them.)

For our Prime Popcorn Practice Performances of the morning:
#3 - Keely Monge - this morning was the fastest Keely has looked all week.  Not all was she challenging herself during the 250s, but her fly kick practice is paying off with her 50s of backstroke sprint (7.)

#2 - Chelsea Andrews - Andrews led the team in the 250s and 150s as well as the stroke group in the 50s of pace, all while talking to most members of the team and a few of the lifeguard staff (7.5.)

#1 - Kelvin Goodman - Continues to progress well in freestyle - took charge of the breaststroke set - really working hard on reaction time of the walls (8.)

Enjoy the view from the 3-meter board in the next clip.  We're back in the pool this afternoon before we storm the beach on New Year's Eve.