I SWAM A KILOMETRE

[rydra_wong]

For the first time in my life ever.

There were frequent breaks for sploshing around, watching the adolescent goslings in their punk hairdos, and on one occasion, for being interrogated across the line of buoys by a small girl in a pedalo who was somewhere between appalled and thrilled that people were allowed to swim in the lake. But it added up to a kilometre.

I blame vass for making me think srs swimming thoughts.

Then I made it to Iyengar class and did not fall over at least not any more than usual.

Comments

[willful_zephyr]

Congrats! Very impressive.

[rydra_wong]

It's a big deal for me, because I'm a slow and awkward swimmer who can't put my face in the water (and has no intention of learning).

It was a stunningly beautiful day today, but also really hot, and I'm not at all heat-tolerant, so it was lovely just to be in the water. And I'd worked out that I'd done 600m in my last visit. So I thought I might see if I could rack up a full kilometre.

[willful_zephyr]

I also swam 1K for the first time, recently. It is a lot of work - the lake sounds nice.

[rydra_wong]

Yeah, I can't stand swimming pools (especially because I have wacky auditory issues, and echoes plus groups of screaming children do my head in).

But the lido is wonderful. Even with the swans loitering round the jetty and hissing viciously at anyone who gets too near them.

And the various young wildfowl are all in their hilarious gawky teenage moulting stage, where they're half baby-fluff and half spiky feathers, and flail around getting tangled in pondweed and posting angsty photos on Myspace. Okay, that last bit is only in my head.

[vass]

Congratulations! Your outdoor swimming sounds wonderful.

[semielliptical]

Wow - congratulations! How wonderful to be able to swim outside like that.

[smackshack]

Bravo! It's been ages since I swam even a lap... :-(