My Wednesday Evening Swim Workout

The turnout at my Masters swim club was very low Wednesday evening, most likely due to the pending holiday and the fact that it was cold and raining. But, for those of us who chose to brave the holiday shopping traffic and the elements, we were treated to a really fun workout alternative.

Our coach decided we would do the "Tour de Mona", so named for the Mona Plummer Aquatic Center where we swim. The "tour" involved swimming up and down the width of the 50 meter pool (17 or 18 25-yard lanes), followed by swimming up and down each 25-yard length of the warm-up pool, and finally, moving over to the diving well and diving or jumping off of each diving board, including the 5, 7.5, and 10 meter platforms! Yikes!

I finished the swim "tour" and dove off of one of the diving boards, but could only muster the nerve to jump from the 5 meter platform. I forgot just how high 16.404 feet can be. The last time I jumped or dove from a 5 meter platform was in high school, 1972 to be exact. But, I did it, and it felt good. Here's a photo showing the view from a 5 meter diving platform. It doesn't appear to be this high when looking up from deck level, but once you're up there, you realize just how high it is. Very intimidating to say the least.

Our coach did the tour with us and was the first person to jump from the 10 meter platform. I have a newfound respect for him after witnessing his jump. :)

After everyone had an opportunity to jump from one of the three platforms, we concluded our workout by playing 4 rounds of "Sharks & Minnows", with our coach being the lead Shark. What fun!! I felt like a kid again.

Here's a link to a photo of our "tour" course.