Pier Swim & 'Workouts' [Wendy]

Friday Evening:
Jaclyn and I head over to an elementary school, and we play a little bit of hand-ball and xxxxxball. <--*I havnt thought of a name yet. We are still crippled and limping because of the sprint we had a few days before. The back of my leg, (the muscle that you feel when you touch your toes) hurts so much arggg, I could barely walk yet run. I was worried for the pier swim tomorrow. ://

PIER SWIM:
Last week Saturday morning, I woke up at 7 in the morning for the Huntington Beach Pier Swim! I have heard some terrifying stories of the pier swim, and I have to admit I would have been pretty nervous if I had not been so sleepy. People had warned me about the rip current swimming back on the south side, and I kept a mental note to avoid being pulled through the pier. I've been pulled through the pier before, and I remember that was a scary experience because the pier looks so much larger when you are under it. Before I knew it, I was lined up to sprint in the water next to Yero, a friend. The horn blew, and I was off to the half mile swim around the pier in the 60 degree F water. Thankfully, it felt like it numbed my muscle, and I didnt feel my muscle on my leg while swimming. Soon, my hands and legs became numb, so I swam head down looking into the murky water mechanically inching my way around the pier. I saw Yero before I reached the half-way point, but she disappeared in front. Halfway there! I reached the circular part of the pier I had to go around and head back from the south. The tip point of the pier looks small but it seemed gigantic because it was just bam, looming over me. To swim around, we had to face a rough current, and keeping in mind what the others had warned me, I headed a fair distance away from the pier. So far so good... I literally put my head down and swim a few strokes and the next thing I know, the pier is right there! I am getting closer to the lifeguard who is just staring at me. I start to swim at an angle... 90 degrees and I am not going anywhere. *weak. Meanwhile the lifeguard just sits on his board and stares at me, and when I am 4 feet from the pier, he tells me, "If you can't fight it, just go through." So I am pulled with the current and end up far down south and finishing 83rd.
Coming out of the water, I didn't feel tired really. I slowly felt my arms and legs come back to life from the chilling water, but no, I was not tired. It went by so fast. I went in and then I came out. boom. in 15 minutes ish.



AFTER the PIER SWIM:
The rest of the day was AWESOME! Well, after the pier swim, I lay on my towel and 30 minutes later Aro (Yero's older sister) and I are like, "Wanna go back in the water?" "Yes!" So, we end up walking to station 5/7 ish and bodysurfing until we neared the pier. We walked out and did it again. The morning waves were very nice, so we took those two rounds and caught a few waves. After bodysurfing, I thought I was done for the day. I even showered, changed, and began studying for the finals I was neglecting.

and hour into the studying in the sun...

Annie (a long time no see friend) arrives! At that time, we had no intention of going back in the water. We have lunch and yogurt =], come back, and decide to get back in the water! I go back in the water with a different crowd this time- Jaclyn, Annie, and some wimpy boys. (haha no offense)
I ended up being the one freaking out about going too far and seeing things in the water. (I do that a lot) We do the same thing as I did before in the morning. We walked down to station 5/7 ish and bodysurfed until we were pulled back to the pier. x2 .

I think we left the beach at around 430ish? I spent a lot of time at the beach that day, but it was worth it. Annie's dad comes to take us home and concludes the good day.



NOW:
Today is June 18th. The first day of summer break!!!!!!!!! =] Jaclyn and I are going to workout at the elementary school again since we are still aching from the sprint we had 1.5 weeks ago.