Swimming
Last night I went for a swim for the first time since I was a teenager. It's an activity that has long been on my list of things that I need to do but have never got round to, despite the fact that I work 10 metres away from an International Competition standard swimming pool.The first thing I'll say is that thank god you don't forget how to swim. At the back of my mind I was thinking: wouldn't it be embarrasing if I climbed in the pool, pushed away from the side, and then started to sink. Well you don't forget.
There are things that you do forget if you don't go swimming for that long: You forget what it feels like to swallow water that is chlorinated due to the fact that 4 year olds wee in it. You forget that there are people who think that the best way to swim a length is to imitate a drowning cat. But mostly you forget that swimming is an activity that makes you feel really good, and doesn't put nearly the amount of stress on your body that running does.
Plus, for some reason, when I bought my ticket they gave me a big bag of Liquorice Allsorts as a reward. I'm not sure why. Maybe it's to keep you coming back, in that the sweets totally nullify the burning of calorie that the swimming induces, forcing you back for more. Who cares why, they're liqourice allsorts!
Hopefully, this will become a weekly activity.
1 Comments:
You don't seriously believe that it's only 4 year olds that wee in swimming pools do you? I know a few 30+ year olds that have done that!!! They ought to put some magical dye in the water that wee turns a vibrant colour - then everyone would know who was having a tiddle!!!! But apparently it's okay because the chlorine kills the wee straight away!!!
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