Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Swim, swim

I hit the pool today to try and relearn how to swim.  If there is one thing I am not, never have been and never will be, it's a strong swimmer.  Sure, I can get myself from point A to point B in a pool, and I can jump off the diving board in the DEEP end and get myself out again.  But I have a small problem:  buoyancy.  I don't have any.  I took a swimming class in college and the instructor said he had never seen someone sink as fast as me.  Sure, I was nothing but muscle back then, and fat floats.  But even my fatter, older self doesn't float much better.  And as I continue exercising and losing body fat, it will only get worse.  Oh well, if there is one thing I don't mind being bad at, it's swimming.  So there you have. 
And never, ever buy swimming goggles from Walmart.  I bought them on the way to the pool, tried them out today and took them back tonight.  Junk.  Really cheap junk.

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