Aqua Jogging: Dying a Slow Death

Yesterday, I hit the pool with swimming buddies Julia and Steve. But I didn't "swim." I strapped on a belt, and I "aqua jogged." It looked something like this:

Only I wore less make-up and have even LESS of a butt than she does...

I thought by just having some other people I knew in the pool, it wouldn't make the water running seem like a long, horrible, boring death-march. And it DID help. But it was STILL a long time to just make a running motion while hardly moving.

I strapped on that belt and moved my arms and legs in the deep end of the pool for a solid 50 minutes! I only eased up once (around the 40 minute mark) when Julia shouted over to me "Tighten that belt! It's sneaking up on you!" I paused for a few seconds to re-adjust, and I was "jogging" a moment later.

Here's SOME proof that I did SOMETHING yesterday: After I finished water running, I chatted with Julia and Steve for a moment, hit the hot tub (to mack on some grannies, of course), showered off in the locker room, and then snapped this photo that shows where I was still a little "irritated" from the tight belt that was around my mid-section for 50 minutes:

Not to sound "douchey," but I have to point something else out regarding that photo. I've been THINKING that the strength training over the last 5 months has been starting to show, and that photo confirms my thought. See that muscle on the lower left? I've never had that before! I've never had that many core muscles that were VISIBLE! But it could just be the lighting...

When I posted about my cross-training at the beginning of this week, I mentioned how I've been really focusing on "mixing things up" and not doing the same strength / core routine over and over again. I think it's working. Now if only I could get the "green light" to start running again, things would be GOLDEN! ;)