Back to the pool

[jesse_the_k]

It’s been fifty-nine weeks and a day since I last swam. My pool has created elaborate routines to minimize infection: one-person per lane in 45 minutes blocks; entry at staggered 10-minutes intervals to minimize shared time in locker room. The pool is part of a cardiac rehab clinic, so they've been open to patients but not exercisers.

It’s delicious to be in the water, and I do remember my routines and my strokes.

Last March I’d achieved a 27-minute swim thrice weekly. I’m too impatient to limit myself as much as I should. I did 16 minutes today and then spent four hours just staring straight ahead. More, again on Thursday and Sunday!

How has your body program changed? Any recent signs of improving access?

Comments

[sonia]

Yay, back in the water! I've had that experience where doing something after a year just feels... ordinary. Like being in a car was, after more than a year.

Some people around the country are starting to dance indoors in groups again, but I'm not ready to try that.

[jesse_the_k]

Yes, dance and choral music are, sadly, quite risky. Would you feel safe with outside dancing, if you could find a portable floor?

[sonia]

Well... the thing with dancing in a circle is that you're dancing through everyone's exhaled air. We're having another surge, so it feels like an unnecessary risk. Giving people bodywork in person (with masks) feels like enough of that sort of risk for now.