Su and I decided we needed to (and wanted too) do the oceanside pier swim on labor day. I wish I could say that we trained- I went one morning to do laps - that should count right? We were both swimmers in high shool and both in pretty good shape so we thought all would be well. We left early with a small posse of cheerleaders - Julie and Chels (you are the BEST by the way) to check in, get marked up and stretched out.
This was serious stuff - we were in different heats because of our age differences which was a bummer. Su got to swim with all the youngins. Each heat (there were 3) wore a different color cap, and in each heat were about 200 participants.
So excited and pumped to go!
So we both finished 7th in our age division (not heat) and both swam a pretty good time. Su beat me by 1 minute but I was very happy with my time. The swim is just over 1 mile. It was my first open water swim and I really enjoyed it - next year we are doing it again for sure. The swim out to the buoys seemed really long and I have to admit I thought about turning around but as soon as we rounded the buoy and was not going out any deeper I got into my groove and felt good.
We came back just in time for the 5th annual Opus One Labor Day waterslide bash. Each year this gets bigger and bigger. It was a beautiful day weather wise, with great friends, great entertainment, great food and great fun.
Trent was the first to aquire one of the many injuries. He somehow got his forehead slammed into the pavement after coming down the slide. There are always so many kids or adults (yes we have adult time and it is crazy) on the slide at one time. I was in the middle of a conversation with someone and the slide began tipping a little. I literally had just finished telling him how the slide has never tipped over once even though it looks and feels as though it would - when the whole thing, full of kids fell to one side. We all ran and starting pulling kids out as fast as we could. The first girl I pulled out was crying and hurt - I thought it was going to be a bloodbath, I was so worried. It turned out that she was the only one hurt, she caught air while it fell, and everyone else was laughing and thought it was the greatest thing. Huge relief would be an understatement!
Here are the teens after the crash - they dont look too upset do they, while the adults are tying each side down making sure this would never happen again.
Trent and his friends - I just love these boys - they are cute, smart, happy and good boys. I feel so grateful that he has such good friends to surround himself with.
Overall a good long, tiring day - just the way I like it!
