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July 11, 2005
Did I melt my bathing suit?
This is NOT a rhetorical question. If anyone knows what happened to it please let me know. I put it on today and it was BAGGY. (Which is not a very flattering look I have to say.) But I figured, hey, this no junk food thing (which no, I am not adhering to so far) must be working. (Don’t ask me how I legitimately thought that logic of mine was accurate, but I did). When I got out of the pool, however, the suit was literally hanging off of me. In the locker room I asked another girl, “Have you ever seen a suit do this?” She said, “No, it just looks really big.” It did not fit like this on Friday. I have no idea what happened to it. I haven’t washed it since then. The only thing I can fathom is that it melted in my car today when it was most likely in 100+ degree temperatures for almost 8 hours. Is that possible?? It is about 2 years old. I wear the same one every time I swim.
Other than that I had a fabulous workout day. Check out these stats:
40:00 Minutes run pain free (I have a blister from my new sneakers but PLEASE compared to the last few months that is nothing).
3:00 Minutes I spent lying on the grass in the shade with my eyes closed on the National Mall following stretching following my run. It was the best three minutes of my day.
5:58 A sub 6 minute 300 meters swum for the first time.
17 Miles last week in 4 days of running (the number of days I am going to aim for for a while. It seems to work for me.)
I ran in the morning and had a good breakfast at 8:30 but then was stuck in court (not my trial!) for seven hours. The judge didn’t exactly give a lunch break as she tried to power through some stuff. The attorney and my partner and I were all dying. I was snacking on raisins and a balance bar but the other two declined my snack offers. I don’t know why they wouldn’t eat. I was so light headed. It was pretty weird how the trial kept going and going. After we were finally released and could eat I scarfed down some yogurt before heading to the pool. Needless to say I was starving by dinner which leads me to another fun part of my day (in addition to my exercise stats!). I found a new café in Arlington…with great food….parking…and free wireless internet access. It’s perfect for me!! I am blogging from there. I may be relaxed and rejuvenated now? I guess I bounce back okay :)
Posted by Audrey at July 11, 2005 07:29 PM
Comments
You had the same suit for 2 years!!!! Suits do get stretched out and the lycra and elastic in them do get stretched out. I haven't seen your suit to make an accurate diagnosis, but it sounds like it is dying of old age. I'm really just impressed that your suit lasted that long. My suits that I wore when I swam never lasted much more than 3 months.
Blondie
Posted by: Blondie at July 11, 2005 08:48 PM
What?? I have to buy sneakers AND a new bathing suit every few months????? And honestly, now that I think about it, the suit has not been looking too healthy for a few weeks (though today finally tipped over into ridiculous land).
Posted by: Audrey at July 11, 2005 09:09 PM
That has happened to many of my suits as well. I now wear an old see-through one over a newer two-piece one. Luckily I don't swim enough (or in chlorine), so I don't need to replace them often. I always laugh when people say running is an inexpensive sport. It can be, but it often isn't!
Posted by: Alison at July 11, 2005 10:05 PM
I am not a swimmer so I would bank on what Alison and Blondie said. Your story cracked me up!! And aren't cafes with good food, internet access and parking awesome? I often frequent two little grassroots cafes within walking distance from my house. I love kicking back and surfing the web while sipping a steaming latte. Ahhhh....the good life.
Posted by: bridget at July 11, 2005 11:39 PM
Hmmm...perhaps the larger than you woman next to you in the locker room had the same suit and you two swapped suits on accident...did you see a larger than you woman in a similar suit looking puzzled and shrink-wrapped?
Posted by: Rob at July 12, 2005 09:26 AM
Arlington sounds so nice, I am jealous!
I bet the suit is just dying of old age as well. I have had my current 'good suit' for about 5 years but I never swim, so I bet you won't have to replace it every few months but probably at least once a year it's a good idea.
Posted by: Barb at July 12, 2005 12:52 PM
heheheheh, i was laughing at your toenail response. you would not believe how many people beg me to take it down (or maybe you would)...actually one of the 2 people in real life that know about the blog just called me tonight to yell at me about the picture. hehe.
Posted by: brent hopkins at July 12, 2005 07:52 PM
["Love Machine" voice = on]
"Yeaaaaah, Baaaaby. You're so hot you melted that suit. Yeaaahhhh.."
["Love Machine" voice = off]
:D
I dunno, Audrey, sounds like the heat in the car trashed the lycra, so it didn't snap back anymore. Either that or you've lost more weight than you think and didn't really notice it when you wore the suit last time.
Posted by: Jon in Michigan at July 13, 2005 09:17 AM