Wow

For the second time this year I have been swimming properly (in spite of the fact that I am a lifeguard). I got up at 9 am and went swimming at 10 and as opposed to feeling rooted for the rest of the day after a shower and coffee I felt great. Even though during swimming I was quite embarrassed with my inability. I used to be a competitive swimmer (I even have the ribbons to prove it) but that was along time ago. I got in the pool and while my skill is relatively unabated my stamina is absolutely useless. To the extent that doing 50 m non-stop was all I could manage and in 20 mins I only swam 300 m (that is 12 lengths of the pool). When I was swimming regularly I could swim 400 m non-stop with ease and could even complete 1500 m continuously (this differs from non-stop in that you were allowed to pause on occasion) in under 30 mins. Hopefully if I keep up this then I will at least be able to swim 400 m again non-stop. On top of this for the first time this year I biked to Bridal. It was such a good feeling to be back on a bike. There are few things better than to be biking on a clear day with a good tail wind. After all of this exercise I thought I would be absolutely rooted but I feel better than I have in a while. It clears the brain so well.