Just before Covid hit and locked us down, I bought myself some passes for one of the local gyms that has a pool I like. But then we were locked down, and life got busy, so I didn't make it back until now. It felt so good to be in the pool again, swimming laps! It was especially good after a couple of hard days at work - I needed to use up some negative energy! And even better - my passes were still good!
Knowing that I haven't been swimming laps like that in a long time, I went to the pool with no expectations on what I would do or how long I would swim. I ended up in the pool for around an hour, which was great! I had a hard time with front crawl, which I expected - that's the stroke I find you need to have the breathing right and good endurance or you struggle with it. So I did what I could with that, but otherwise spent more time with other strokes. I focused a lot on back crawl - I love that stroke, and I can really push myself for speed in it (which I wanted to do, not only to burn off some energy, but also to help build my endurance. I remember a teacher in high school telling me that to build cycling endurance, you should go as hard as you can for one minute, then go easier for about 10. I tried to do use that philosophy a bit tonight). I am obviously not as fast or as strong with my back crawl as I used to be, but that's okay - I will get there!
I am a little sad though - back when I went swimming pre-covid, I had a routine I used to do all the time, doing certain strokes in a set so I could more easily keep track of how many of each I did (and to also make it easier to do more - I'd just add another set on). I don't think I ever blogged about it though. So if I'm going more regularly, I'll need to come up with a new routine, and make sure I record it here!
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