I woke up yesterday morning dreading my scheduled swim. 
So I revisited an idea I’ve been experimenting with recently: outright bribing myself. At the grocery store the other day, I’d spotted a box of Celestial Seasonings Sugar Cookie Sleigh Ride Herbal Tea, but held back from making what I saw as a frivolous purchase. But I’d acquired a Celestial Seasonings coupon since then, not to mention a task it could serve as a worthy reward for.
Here’s the workout that earned me the sweetest cup of tea ever:
All freestyle is done with a pull buoy.
1,000 warmup: alt. 250 free, 250 back
Pyramid set, freestyle, on :15 rest, moderate pace that you can maintain (goal is to hold your pace the whole time): > 1×50 > 1×100 > 1×150 > 1×200 > 1×250 > 1×300 > 1×250 > 1×200 > 1×150 > 1×100 > 1×50 (1,800 total)
4×25 sprint freestyle on :45
4×25 no-breath freestyle
My body felt so good and loose and happy afterwards, I didn’t even need the tea (though you’d better believe I drank it, anyway)!
Amy Reinink 
YAY! Good for you for sticking to it and enjoying your tea. I live in Boulder, home of Celestial Seasonings, and I’ve never visited their store. Maybe I will this holiday season?? Hmmm…
You MUST do the Celestial Seasonings tour! I went to CU, and never made it there until last December, when we were visiting my husband’s parents out in Denver. It’s a blast, from the free sips in the tasting room to the neato conveyor belts that sift and process the tea (very Willy Wonka)!
Ah, Celestial Seasonings….their Peppermint tea was the *first* kind of tea I liked, back in the college days. That’s when I realized a warm beverage is TRULY needed during “real” winters (hello, grew up in the desert!). Not a bad carrot stick! Way to go with that workout 😉
at least the tea is a good (healthy) reward! some of us would indulge in a bag of m&m’s, and i’m not talking the pack on the stand in the checkout line… 🙂 hope your ankle is feeling better after a day off. keep pampering it.
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Greatt read