Italia

When we went to the pool last night to do our workout, we found that many teams had staked out preparation areas around the warm-up pool. Italy, a country famous for it's national pride (remember World Cup?), had a great setup complete with massage tables, flags, banners, and what have you. The next morning, I came in to find Italy's entire section vandalized. The flags were torn down and strewn across the ground, stretch mats were missing, banners were torn off. It seems like someone has some serious beef with Italy; I just can't seem to figure out who. And so the rivalries begin.

A lot of my friends have arrived within the past two days. Things have definitely been more lively since they've come here, as you can tell from Klete's expression here. I've also been making new friends through friends. Not much else has developed since then, so signing off for now.

Morning Workout:
4x4x4 Warm-up
10x50 0:20 Rest Butterfly kick + scull underwater
10x50 0:20 Rest 1x1 single-arm butterfly drill
5x100 1:30 interval Freestyle HR 26+
6x50 on 0:50 interval Freestyle HR 26+
Tension Cords (Thanks Rehan):
6 Medium-Rate Swims against Doubled-up Cording – 8 Stroke Cycles, 0:30 Rest
10 Medium-Rate Sculls + 12 Dolphin Kicks, 0:30 Rest
2 Faster-Than-Race-Pace 20m Sprints against single-cord belt butterfly, 1:00 rest

300 Loosen Down

Afternoon Workout:
Weight Room & Gym
Ergometer “Growler” on Level 3 – Pull to 400 Points Butterfly
Tension Cords: 10 Reps, 2x: Butterfly Pulls, Tricep Extensions, Rotator Cuff (in-n-out)
TechnoGym: 8 Reps, 2x Through: Horizontal “Lawnmower” Pull on 40kg Weight
Core Work:
Toe Touches, Streamlines, Suitcase Crunch, Fupas (Kipp what's a Fupa?), Oblique Tripods, Pushups w/ Neagatives