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I had another chance to do an open water swim practice, the furthest I’ve done since starting to train for sprint triathlons over a year ago. The ocean swim was down on the Gulf coast of Florida across a bay from one shore to another. I wasn’t sure how I’d handle going across a whole bay, with a light chop and boats and wildlife, but it went really fine! Didn’t see one shark which kind of makes sense because the water was so murky I could barely see my hands underwater. In official races, I’ve only done lakes and rivers so the ocean is a difference experience for sure. This practice was my last swim before a race tomorrow, a triathlon celebrating Independence Day. I’ll post more from that race afterwards but for now here are a few pics from the ocean swim…
I try to be a glass half-full type person but I have moments where my pet peeves bubble up and I can’t hep but talk about it. Actually, I have a post about a few of my pet peeves here and I guess I should add another one to the list since hurricane season is bound to make me go crazy! Only one of these two reasons can be true for why news anchors and weather forecasters have swapped out “category” for “cat” when referring to the intensity of the summer storms.
The efficiency of one syllable vs. three might be one reason for shortening ‘category’ to ‘cat’ or (and this is the real reason, in my opinion) it’s solely because of sensationalism. There’s something dramatic about saying ‘cat 5’ on air because it sounds more frightening, more intense.
I guess it’s no surprise that, at the end of the day, ratings are the bottom line. It’s why Geraldo is/was so dramatic, Jim Cantore rose to fame, and (not to get political but…) why politicians seek fame. They want to be popular, have high approval ratings, and make money. But it’s only been in the last ten years or so that ‘category’ has been dropped for the more chic and melodramatic ‘cat.’
Amazon Prime Day is coming up and besides the obvious question–how is something advertised as one day lasting two days?– there’s also a question of the song used in the ad. The song is by Megan Thee Stallion and it’s an original called “It’s Prime Day.” Take a listen to the song in the 2-minute ad…
The Lyrics.
Real hot girl sh– I’m Tina Snow and I shop all the time I can be who I want thanks to Amazon Prime With the shorts that make the booty sit like mine Once you log in, it ain’t nothing hard to find They got lashes, jewelry, clothes, candles Imma log in and blow a bag on my animals 4oe got a shirt, Juanita got a purse How ’bout squeaky toys let’s see who catch it first Do you know what today is I promise ya’ll don’t wanna miss out on this deal They ask me to host last minute, I ain’t scared I planned a whole party I ain’t even left the bed I bought the pillows, the blankets, some candles for the mood The curtains – matter fact everything in the room With just one click you could have anything The only downside is it don’t come with me
Real hot girl sh– It’s Prime Day Start clickin’ Sign up to be a member if you want free shipping It’s Prime Day Start clickin’ Sign up to be a member if you want free shipping
You wish you could put this booty in your search bar Baby this the kind of body that you work for But you can buy the weights for the reps Cream to make you sweat and a two piece set If you a hot gamer girl then we got what you need Like a thingie thing that connect the two PC’s Or the headsets with the really super cute ears A frame for your photo or a body sized pillow A case for your phone, a little sexy thong I got everything I wanted and I never left home If they said Amazon ain’t got it that’s cap You can shop all the deals if you download the app I can change my hobby how I change my man I can send a gift saying, “we should just be friends” Today I’m the chef, tomorrow I’m a bunny Put me on a hundred cause I look like money
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It’s the kind of thing you only see in the movies. Imagine checking what the weather is going to be later in the day and this is what you see:
I wasn’t sure if I should put on a heavy coat or take shelter! What was weird is that the cow in the tornado had frozen milk coming out of its utters. Wild times, I tell ya. It was one of those days global warming climate change activists will point to for years to come.
“See! Your gas-guzzling SUVs are destroying weather!”
I have a triathlon coming up and the start line is a long narrow dock. It’s the only one I’ve done so far where you jump in from a raised platform (unlike the lake entries where athletes run from the shore down into the water). My brother-in-law is doing this race, as well, and it’ll be the first race both of us have twice which is cool for a lot of reasons. But this dock entry thing… how would you approach the start: Diving in or jump in feet first and then start the swim?
He and I did a test recently in a pool to find out which method is most beneficial, each having pros and each having cons. The biggest pro for diving is a smooth transition to the swim stroke. That’s a big pro, too. Like, HUGE. But with this method there’s potential for a big con: hitting the water and having your goggles knocked out of place. That’s as big of a con as I can think of! Or it could be too shallow. The drawback of jumping in feet first is a total loss of any momentum (from a jump vs. a dive). Once in the water, the swimmer must move their body into a horizontal swimming position and then begin the swim. The big pro of this feet-first entry is that it’s safe.
In our time trials, as rudimentary as they were, a dive entry was measurably faster and in discussing it, we thought it used less energy than the feet-first entry (because of having to maneuver one’s body from vertical to horizontal in the water). Sometimes in our dive tests our goggles became dislodged or water splashed in. To try avoiding that, I began to duck just before breaking the surface, using the top, rear part of my head to hit the water first and this seemed to take most, if not all, instant water pressure away from the strap of my goggles. We also tried diving in the most normal way. Mine ended up around my mouth. Not ideal!
But for this upcoming race, diving is prohibited so I’ll be jumping in. No one wants to be disqualified before even having a chance to compete!
Out of the Wilderness 