Sunday, February 6, 2011

Swimming - who knew it was so hard!

Since i was in the 6th grade, my parents have had a pool. And i would always be the first and the last one in the pool - shivering and purple lips, my mom yelling at me multiple times before i would reluctantly get out. Today, i tried out the pool at the gym, to give my achilles tendon a rest... OHMYGOD... it was sooooooooo hard!! i made myself stay in for 30 minutes, swimming a variety of laps - on my back, with the kick board, the normal way... most times i couldn't make it the full length of the pool without stopping - as i panted and tried to catch my breath, i saw black spots and fought back the nausea... i made it the 30 minutes, but probably only swam for 18 of the them... the remaining 12 i just tried to not die...

Tomorrow will be round two with the pool... hopefully it will be easier the second time!

1 comment:

  1. swimming is totally an exhausting sports since it's a total whole body work out! major kudos to you for staying in for half an hour and sticking it out :) only tip that i might have is to practice breathing rhythmically which imo is TOTALLy harder to do than staying afloat!! you're doing awesome colleen, keep it up!!! :)

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