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?

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[jesse_the_k]

Holy pretzels! Your warm seas are so cold!

The lake in my icon is around 21°c in August, and I wear a wetsuit to swim then.

Heated pools are a gift from heaven.

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[starshipfox]

I learnt to swim in the sea without a wetsuit, so I used to be fairly inured to the cold, but it just doesn't work for me any more. I'm so grateful to have heated pools, though I wonder if swimming in a wetsuit would be an option for me. I've never swum in a lake! The one in your picture looks so beautiful and calm.