Michal: Don't Be Like Her!

Now it was told King David, saying, “The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-Edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David with gladness. And so it was, when those bearing the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, that he sacrificed oxen and fatted sheep. Then David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was wearing a linen ephod. So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting and with the sound of the trumpet.

Now as the ark of the LORD came into the City of David, Michal, Saul’s daughter, looked through a window and saw King David leaping and whirling before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart. So they brought the ark of the LORD, and set it in its place in the midst of the tabernacle that David had erected for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD. And when David had finished offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts. Then he distributed among all the people, among the whole multitude of Israel, both the women and the men, to everyone a loaf of bread, a piece of meat, and a cake of raisins. So all the people departed, everyone to his house.

Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, “How glorious was the king of Israel today, uncovering himself today in the eyes of the maids of his servants, as one of the base fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!”

So David said to Michal, “It was before the LORD, who chose me instead of your father and all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel. Therefore I will play music before the LORD. And I will be even more undignified than this, and will be humble in my own sight. But as for the maidservants of whom you have spoken, by them I will be held in honor.”

Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death. 2 Samuel 6:12-23

And it happened, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the City of David, that Michal, Saul’s daughter, looked through a window and saw King David whirling and playing music; and she despised him in her heart. 1 Chronicles 15:29

This morning while driving to work I had the scary thought that I could be just like Michal. There are a few women in the Bible who I'd like to be like (the Proverbs 31 "woman of virtue," Esther, and Abigail, to name a few), and some I would not like to be like (Michal is topping the list right now, but there's also the foolish woman who tears down her house with her own hands, among others). I don't want to get between anyone and their praise of God. Oh, God, let me not hinder anyone from worshiping You!

Swim: 2,100 yds at DHY

• 350 warm up
• 8×25 drill
• 12×100@5sec: (1:38 average) 1:30.96, 1:37.71, 1:37.67, 1:38.68, 1:37.40,1:38.48, 1:38.37, 1:40.60, 1:40.65, 1:38.46, 1:39.93, 1:38.15 [20:40 total]
• 350 cool down

No draft due to no lane mates and my times were super consistent (and the same average as yesterday). Hooray!

Previous 100 times and averages:
3-17-10 (1:38 average) (1:27.05, 1:36.68, 1:39.48, 1:39.34, 1:41.50, 1:41.43, 1:42.28, 1:41.81, 1:36.54) [15:38 total]
3-09-10 (1:34.67 average) 1:28.02, 1:36.89, 1:34.01, 1:34.87, 1:36.51, 1:38.16, 1:35.18, 1:34.99, 1:32.54 [15:08 total]
3-03-10 (1:41.82 average): 1:37.37, 1:40.21, 1:43.43, 1:42.25, 1:43.72, 1:43.32, 1:44.47, 1:43.91, 1:43.42, 1:40.02, 1:39.76 [19:44 total]
2-24-10 (1:40.55 average): 1:33.62, 1:40.06, 1:41.55, 1:40.57, 1:41.14, 1:41.51, 1:43.43, 1:41.41, 1:42.27, 1:40.62, 1:39.63 [19:27.52 total]
2-23-10 (1:35.57 average): 1:27.73, 1:34.50, 1:35.64, 1:36.45, 1:36.45, 1:36.51, 1:38.96, 1:37.63, 1:37.94 [15:12.34 total]
2-17-10 (1:46 average): 1:30.88, 1:42.95, 1:48.07, 1:48.92, 1:47.97, 1:46.32, 1:47.42, 1:47.93, 1:52.66, 1:48.92 [18:30.01 total]
2-16-10 (1:39.55 average): 1:35, 1:38.38, 1:40.79, 1:41.15, 1:40.96, 1:39.34, 1:39.02, 1:39.92

It rained early in the day but dried out enough for me to do my 32-minute, 8x30sec@1min hill repeats:

• 37:39, 4.50 miles, 8:22 pace (6:16 best), 536 cal, 170 HR (188 max)
• Warm up: 13 minutes, 1.54 mi, 8:26 pace, 167 HR
• Hill 1 + downhill 1: 294 feet, 175 HR; 0.10 mi, 166 HR
  
• Hill 2 + downhill 2: 319 feet, 170 HR; 0.11 mi, 175 HR
  
• Hill 3 + downhill 3: 318 feet, 171 HR; 0.11 mi, 167 HR
  
• Hill 4 + downhill 4: 330 feet, 174 HR; 0.10 mi, 171 HR
  
• Hill 5 + downhill 5: 342 feet, 168 HR; 0.11 mi, 165 HR
  
• Hill 6 + downhill 6: 321 feet, 174 HR; 0.11 mi, 173 HR
  
• Hill 7 + downhill 7: 341 feet, 174 HR; 0.11 mi, 175 HR
  
• Hill 8 + downhill 8: 389 feet, 172 HR; 0.11 mi, 175 HR
  
• Cool down: 7 minutes, 0.87 mi, 8:00 pace, 173 HR
• Extra bit to get back home: 5:39, 0.72 mi, 7:50 pace, 173 HR