45 degress and below. .

I just can't catch a break with swimming. Today was supposed to be my first day back in the water in about a month. I got the e-mail yesterday saying that the bubble is off the pool and that we "will not swim if the outside temp is 45 degrees or lower" (this part is important).

I woke up this morning a little after 4:30, let the dogs outside, and called the official time and temp number to check out the weather since it seemed a bit chilly. It was 45 degrees, exactly. Automatically, my attorney brain began to panic because I didn't have immediate access to e-mail and couldn't remember the wording of my e-mail -- do we swim if it is at least 45? does it have to be above 45? Why couldn't the temp have been either 44 or 46 and avoided all this early morning drama. Okay, I agree that in the grand scheme of life this isn't very dramatic. But there is nothing more irritating than getting up, leaving the house at 4:45 a.m., driving to the pool, not being able to swim, and then driving home to wait until it is time for normal people to get up.

Well, since we haven't been in the water in a month, I erred on the side of working out and believed that we would be cut a one degree break. Nope. Drove to the pool, sat there with many other cars (apparently everyone was anxious) and no one showed up to let us in.

I guess I'll try again tomorrow. Unfortunately, the temp forecast for 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning is 40. Hopefully it will be wrong.

*** Last night I did a high cadence, easy gear spinning session for 1 hour 30 minutes. Jessi and I were able to watch a few UFC fights while I rode. It was very romantic.

Later.