I swam my 1500 today. That’s a challenge still, and took me about 45 minutes1. But that’s okay. Come June, I don’t think that’ll be a challenge any more!
I’m even using a cute widdle fishie ticker. Ain’t that sweet? I note, however, that the progress bar is hardly to scale.
Apparently an aquafitness class counts as 2,000 yards. I think they’re figuring a certain fitness level2 takes about an hour to swim 2000, so that’s how it’s figured. Fair enough. Plenty of people find lap swimming mind-numbing. I don’t, but that’s because that’s my time to work out plots for stories, plan how to pitch projects or plan classes.
In fact, I spent most of today’s workout working up a proposal to try to teach a bento class that the gym where I work. It’s a community/rec center more than a classical gym, even if the exercise equipment is really good. They have all sorts of fun classes, so if I can figure out a structure for it and pitch it right, they might let me. I was figuring an end of summer-type deal where I have the class and give away to each student a cheap bento box (you can get ’em for a buck through Ichibankan), a colorful bandana and some cute chopsticks as well as a few lessons on how to make and arrange some basic bento food. I’d have a handout with some basics, a list of local stores that sell good Asian food and some places where people can buy bento boxes.
For the local gym, the pitch would have to be the “healthy lunch for your kids” thing, I think. There’s also the frugality hook. But I’m going to have to figure out a way to pitch it as not particularly time-consuming. The way I do it, it really isn’t, but you can go overboard with the cute.
I’ve had the idea for this class in the back of my mind since I started bein’ a bum, but it’s fleshed out a lot more in my mind lately, and I have a considerably better idea of who to talk to for getting this class on the program as well as how the class really ought to be structured.
1Go ahead, competitive swimmers. Laugh it up.
2Hmm, close to my own, now that I do the math.