Well, I came into this hoping to learn to swim, to breathe and to hopefully make it past that 12.5m barrier from my first swimming lesson.  I thought those were reasonable goals and that I could build my way up, so I set the ambitious target of 1km.  I have to say after struggling my …Continue reading

Nah, there’s not really any warts involved in this post, they’re just one of those things people always say you get from swimming pools.  And thwarted has the word wart in it.  I’m waffling because my swim today didn’t go according to plan. Ugh, what a pain. I totally just went for a swim, tried …Continue reading

Yep you read that right.  I debated going swimming last night, was tired and didn’t really feel like it but I persevered and was handsomely rewarded.  When I thought I wouldn’t make my 350m again, I managed to keep going to 500m, and I did 34 lengths all up.  I got there late though so …Continue reading

Today’s novelty title is brought to you by the need for me to confirm to the people at the counter that I am indeed an adult, haha. I must be aging a bit though because now they ask me more often than they charge me kids prices. Damn teaching career. Short post today, suffice to …Continue reading

I did a bit of reading around to figure out what might help me to breathe better and get less breathless.  I have been getting to the end of 50m with my lungs burning but my arms and legs feeling fine. So I did some reading, and learned that we terrestrial animals are built EXACTLY …Continue reading