I went swimming!
May. 28th, 2009 01:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fleaAnd boy are my arms tired. I am in poor shape; this job is more sedentary than my last one, and my major forms of activity at my last one included a 3-minute walk to the bus, fetching the mail in the basement, and occasionally moving books. I mean, I can still walk 2 miles in 30 minutes comfortably, but I don't actually do it very often.
It takes me maybe 5 minutes to get to the pool. It wasn't crowded - only opens at 11:30, so I am on the early end. There are showers. I swam breaststroke for 20 minutes, though I had to force myself to keep going at 5; eventually my quads and arms warmed up and I was able to think about things other than "ow, ow, ow." (This is why I can't run - even after a few weeks I still run along thinking, "ow, ow, ow, I feel like my lungs are being scrubbed out with steel wool, ow, ow, ow.") I was rubbery when I got out of the pool and will feel it tonight I think (how under-used the tricep is in my daily life!)
So now I have to do it over and over. I think my goal will be 4 days a week, and work up to 30 minutes in a couple of weeks. I ordered parts of a swimsuit a couple of days ago - a long-sleeved rash guard and swim shorts, and I may need another bikini/tankini top to wear under the rashguard, which isn't designed to be worn alone. I wore my old bikini today, though, and it was fine. I need to think about a kickboard - I think they have them there but I feared if I got out to look I wouldn't get back in! I need to pack a kit with shampoo, soap in a box, deodorant, moisturizer, maybe a razor, and sunscreen. Need to buy spares of these at the grocery. I can cut out showering at home if I do it at the pool some days. Need to work on my strokes and form. I am not sure I properly remember how to crawl any more.
Go team me!
It takes me maybe 5 minutes to get to the pool. It wasn't crowded - only opens at 11:30, so I am on the early end. There are showers. I swam breaststroke for 20 minutes, though I had to force myself to keep going at 5; eventually my quads and arms warmed up and I was able to think about things other than "ow, ow, ow." (This is why I can't run - even after a few weeks I still run along thinking, "ow, ow, ow, I feel like my lungs are being scrubbed out with steel wool, ow, ow, ow.") I was rubbery when I got out of the pool and will feel it tonight I think (how under-used the tricep is in my daily life!)
So now I have to do it over and over. I think my goal will be 4 days a week, and work up to 30 minutes in a couple of weeks. I ordered parts of a swimsuit a couple of days ago - a long-sleeved rash guard and swim shorts, and I may need another bikini/tankini top to wear under the rashguard, which isn't designed to be worn alone. I wore my old bikini today, though, and it was fine. I need to think about a kickboard - I think they have them there but I feared if I got out to look I wouldn't get back in! I need to pack a kit with shampoo, soap in a box, deodorant, moisturizer, maybe a razor, and sunscreen. Need to buy spares of these at the grocery. I can cut out showering at home if I do it at the pool some days. Need to work on my strokes and form. I am not sure I properly remember how to crawl any more.
Go team me!