I Swim Therefore I Blog Pt 1

Posted on January 23, 2008
Filed under Uncategorized and tagged blogging, swimming

Or is it I blog therefore I swim? I have just started swimming laps in an attempt to get much fitter than I am. I also do a bit of running, but don’t seem to really be ‘clicking’ with it and it is usually an effort to get out there and go. I am very good at finding excuses not to! So far, it doesn’t seem to be that way with swimming. A friend of mine was going twice a week and seeing as it had been something I had been meaning to get to (you know those lists!) I said I’d go with her. I’m a reasonable swimmer, definitley not too streamlined, but not an absolute disaster and I can manage to swim in a straight line. Anyway, I really enjoyed it and I’ve been back 4 times now to swim my laps. I swim for half and hour and the first time I really struggled with 20 laps (25m pool). I was stopping alot. Next time I managed 22 and stayed there for a couple of sessions. Today I got to 24 in half an hour. I lost count a bit and thought it could have been 24 or 26, so I did a couple extra for good measure and so did 26 in just over 30 minutes. I wanted to do more, but was a bit tired and thought I better no over do it. I was rapt with my effort though. I seem to have finally found some exercise I look forward to doing. I even went this morning because I was feeling a bit overwhelmed with all the things I have on my plate for the next couple of weeks and I wanted to relax. I have never ever picked exercise as a way to relax before in my life! There is a whole new and hopefully fitter world out there for me now which I can’t wait to get into. I might just have to buy that summer pass with 6 weeks of unlimited swimming until the end of March.

Stay tuned for the lessons I learned about swimming from Miss Pink Cap, and how I related it all to my blogging.

For another blogging similie, check out 5 Ways Blogging is Like Running a Cafe.

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One Response to “I Swim Therefore I Blog Pt 1”

mrsolson on January 24th, 2008 1:00 am

Jess -

Your post really made me smile. I’m a swimmer to the bone, and swam competitively since age 8. I LOVE the water and taught and coached for many years. I’m so happy that you’re finding it to be as enjoyable as I do! I’m jealous that you’re actually getting to go, though, I won’t be able to really start up again until OUR summer in June