Instant Swimmer - Just Add Water

Yesterday I went back to the pool.  It was my first time swimming in well over 6 weeks and my first time back in the pool since August.  I was at a pivotal point; go back or risk not going back for a LONG time and then being afraid to go back at all.  So off I went. 

Thankfully it wasn’t that busy.  The summer hours for lap swim are frequently busy and sharing a lane with 3 people is pretty common.  It’s also full of ‘kid’ residue but let’s not go there.  (Once this summer I had to cut my swim short because there was so much ‘stuff’ floating around in the water I lost my ability to put my head down – PUKE!)  

Thank the good Lord it hasn't been this bad.

But yesterday was a different story – It was the regular off season crowd of seniors doing water aerobics.  I am not sure why I was so incredibly worried about going swimming; it is something I have been doing at least weekly for the last 18 months... well except the last several weeks, anyway...  I jumped in and started swimming.  After about 200 yards I thought to myself “holy crap my arms are TIRED.”  This is bad news for me because six weeks ago I could swim 1700 yards and it was no biggie.  But I kept going and managed to get in a solid 1000 yards before saying “ease yourself back in, don't overdo it or you'll regret it later" (later as in when I eat about a dozen Oreo's).

This is pretty much what I feel like in the pool, or any body of water for that matter, but I think this guy moves faster.

I have read that swimming comes back quickly and I hope this is true. I made a lot of progress over the summer on my speed and as of today, all that progress went buh-bye (as Russell would say).  I am not discouraged by any means because just getting back in the pool was the win for yesterday.  That and these killer goggle lines that I get to take back to work…

How cute am I - I mean really!!

It will be interesting to see how quick 'quickly' really is.  I think I have my work cut out for me but that's okay.  If it was easy everyone would do it and then I wouldn't be so awesome (insert eye roll here).  At any rate, it was a win for this winner.

Winner Winner Winner