The new rec center…

So, we’re trying to get Haley into swim team this year. We’ve already paid, but if she can’t “swim a full lap easily”, they’re going to give us our money back. Last night, we tested her out and I don’t know if she’ll make it or not. If not, we’ll just hold out until next year. We’ll only have one more chance to practice before she starts next week. She did half a lap last night, but it wasn’t “easy”, nor pretty. I remember being the same way when I was a kid, just not really coordinated yet. I’m sure she’ll be good after this summer, but I’d really like to see her involved this year.

Wish her luck!

To practice, we went to the new Provo rec center. Wow, super state of the art. Just in the kids’ pool, they have indoor slides, a lazy river, a rock wall that falls into the pool, huge hot tub, and more. The lap pool was awesome too, but COLD!!  I was literally cold the rest of the night after swimming in there. Maybe if I was doing laps, I would have warmed up to it, but helping Haley wasn’t enough to generate that kind of heat!

Morgan came along. We probably spent 20 minutes in the arctic, I mean, uh, lap pool and an hour and 20 in the “fun pool”. It’s tough to do it any other way. Like trying to get a kid to study in the Disney Land parking lot.

In other news, I rode South Fork and Squaw Peak yesterday and felt surprisingly good. Since the Gauntlet on Satuday, I’ve done a 4.5 mile downhill mtn bike ride, and then a 5 mile run yesterday, so I assumed I would suck. You just never know in this sport. Got caught in the rain, which has been a theme this week. Great for the lawn!!

Cross Bike Maiden Voyage

So, as mentioned I got a new cross bike. It’s the bees. Anyway, I got around to riding it yesterday, crazy I know. I rolled over to check out the new Provo Wed night course. I had actually ridden the park previously. Sadly, I had no idea what the course actually consists of. The park is pretty tiny though, so it will be interesting to see how the lap comes together. Hoping to find out tomorrow night!

Form is not up to spec however. Luckily, I suck at the cross whether I am fit or not, so no one will know the difference.

I got bored pretty quickly so headed up on the shoreline trail for a bit. I was railing it home as I had to pick up the girls from school when I flatted. It seems like I always flat on the cross bike. It makes my sad hurt. Anyway, I was pretty late with that, but I got the girls okay.

In short, new cross bike=boss.

In other news, we got our first valley rain/mountain snow overnight and I am a little giddy.