Swimming

[jack]

Holy Jesus, that was cold. I shouldn't have questioned people who go in slowly :) On Saturday, it was sunny for the first time in two weeks, and I seized the chance to go swimming again. I went in the late afternoon, thinking it's a great thermal reservoir, it must be warmest late in the day. Well, I think it was but my imagining of its thermal resevroirosity was sadly lacking, and the previous two weeks of cold drizzle had had an impact.

I made the mistake of putting my feet in the water first, and then had to psyche myself up for about five minutes to jump in. It was bracing from then on, but a bit of a shock then.

On Monday I'd learned my lesson, and jumped straight in, which was a lot better.

Of course, it was 15 degrees (16 on Monday), so if it was literally freezing it would be like four times worse¹, and it didn't compare to that, but it was cold enough for me.

Both days I did about ten lengths, on Monday in three-quarters of an hour, because I was going to pizza, which is fairly good going. On the other hand, it's not so much of a workout as it was when I started, I definitely need to brush up my technique.

[1] Warning, not actual maths

Comments

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

LOL. Thanks, don't worry, the first time I went I was distressed to see how far I'd swum, because I used to remember doing fifty or sixty lengths with Dad, but now I'm used to thinking in terms of Jesus green lengths. They're actually 100m, so 10 is about a kilometre, and 16 a mile.

PS. Ooh, cool, an appropriate icon.

[ghoti.livejournal.com]

Wow, even longer than I remembered :)

And it's for when I bother to exercise myself, really... must do some of that :)

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

LOL. You're welcome to come swimming :)