It’s been 7 weeks since I’ve been in the pool.
It’s NOT my fault!
The pool was undergoing some much needed repairs for the last several weeks.
What started off as a general cleaning and painting, turned in more extensive work.
The pool was back in service on Monday 1/11 and I made it Wednesday Morning - 1/14.
The pool is AWESOME!
The lines are nice and boldly colored.
The water is pristine!
Maybe ‘not so much’ after Wed nights first “Open Swim”. G
I must admit, getting back into the pool was GREAT!
I did wonder this morning at 5 am why the heck people would venture out into the freezing cold weather, just to turn around and get pert-a-near naked, and jump into cool water! Are they nuts!! PRETTY MUCH!
I did wonder how it would go since I hadn’t swum for so long.
I had flashbacks to a year ago when I couldn’t do one lap without grabbing the side!
I did not want to have to start all over!!!
When I got to the pool and opened my ‘swim bag’ I discovered my swim caps (Yes, I do where a sexy swim cap!) were totally molded together. After a few minutes of pulling and prying I managed to get it opened enough to put on my head. Note to Self: You really should take your sweatshirt off first as the latex of the cap stick to the cotton of the sweatshirt. I look in the mirror and my cap is now ½ on, actually, this is probably an improvement! I fix my cap and try to remember which goggles I use. The clear ones or the blue ones? Hum, the clear ones look more comfortable. So I work up a glob of spit and work that into them as I walk out to the pool. Oh stop!! Everyone does it! (Spits in their goggles that is)
I jump into the deep end as I can not stand the slow agony of sliding in and then walking slowly to the deeper depths. A sharp knife cuts the quickest and you might as well just get’her done! The water temp was actually pretty darn nice, not the normal cold shock from hell!
I start lap number one. Oh, this is so nice to be swimming again. Oh crap, my goggles are leaking! I swim the length back to the shallows with water washing over my eyes at breath. HOW ANNOYING! I stop in the shallows and tighten my goggles. Now that I think about it, I think these on the ones that tend to leaks. They won’t after I tighten them up a couple inches!
I start lap number two. Good golly these are TIGHT! I’m getting a head ache and they are still leaking!! Fine! I swim another length to get back to the shallow end of the pool and get out. Wilma asks if I’m done already!! She’s laughing. I tell her I need to get my ‘non-leaky’ goggles. She understands!
I get by nice blue ones and they are PERFECT!! Except for the ring they’ll leave around my eyes for four hours following the swim! Talk about bags under your eyes!
I proceed to swim 28 more laps at a decent pace. I sure wasn’t setting any records, but I finished and today, that’s all that mattered! I’ll get faster again and I realized I really did miss the swimming.
It was great to be back in the pool!
It’s NOT my fault!
The pool was undergoing some much needed repairs for the last several weeks.
What started off as a general cleaning and painting, turned in more extensive work.
The pool was back in service on Monday 1/11 and I made it Wednesday Morning - 1/14.
The pool is AWESOME!
The lines are nice and boldly colored.
The water is pristine!
Maybe ‘not so much’ after Wed nights first “Open Swim”. G
I must admit, getting back into the pool was GREAT!
I did wonder this morning at 5 am why the heck people would venture out into the freezing cold weather, just to turn around and get pert-a-near naked, and jump into cool water! Are they nuts!! PRETTY MUCH!
I did wonder how it would go since I hadn’t swum for so long.
I had flashbacks to a year ago when I couldn’t do one lap without grabbing the side!
I did not want to have to start all over!!!
When I got to the pool and opened my ‘swim bag’ I discovered my swim caps (Yes, I do where a sexy swim cap!) were totally molded together. After a few minutes of pulling and prying I managed to get it opened enough to put on my head. Note to Self: You really should take your sweatshirt off first as the latex of the cap stick to the cotton of the sweatshirt. I look in the mirror and my cap is now ½ on, actually, this is probably an improvement! I fix my cap and try to remember which goggles I use. The clear ones or the blue ones? Hum, the clear ones look more comfortable. So I work up a glob of spit and work that into them as I walk out to the pool. Oh stop!! Everyone does it! (Spits in their goggles that is)
I jump into the deep end as I can not stand the slow agony of sliding in and then walking slowly to the deeper depths. A sharp knife cuts the quickest and you might as well just get’her done! The water temp was actually pretty darn nice, not the normal cold shock from hell!
I start lap number one. Oh, this is so nice to be swimming again. Oh crap, my goggles are leaking! I swim the length back to the shallows with water washing over my eyes at breath. HOW ANNOYING! I stop in the shallows and tighten my goggles. Now that I think about it, I think these on the ones that tend to leaks. They won’t after I tighten them up a couple inches!
I start lap number two. Good golly these are TIGHT! I’m getting a head ache and they are still leaking!! Fine! I swim another length to get back to the shallow end of the pool and get out. Wilma asks if I’m done already!! She’s laughing. I tell her I need to get my ‘non-leaky’ goggles. She understands!
I get by nice blue ones and they are PERFECT!! Except for the ring they’ll leave around my eyes for four hours following the swim! Talk about bags under your eyes!
I proceed to swim 28 more laps at a decent pace. I sure wasn’t setting any records, but I finished and today, that’s all that mattered! I’ll get faster again and I realized I really did miss the swimming.
It was great to be back in the pool!
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3 comments:
So that's where you were when I was e-mailing you at work this a.m. - splashing around in the tropics! I think you exercised enough for both of us, thanks, now I can sit in my chair tonight and not feel guilty.
LOL - all I can think of is Dory in "Finding Nemo" - Just keep swimmin' swimmin' swimmin'!!
Good job you!
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