Swimming

One of the nice things about our building is that it has a pool. And it is a really big pool, not something tiny. It is about 25 meters long and about two and a half swimming lanes wide. It gets crowded pretty quickly, so I am sometimes swimming/navigating between grannies and rowdy kids.

I try to go to the pool at slow times, so I have been able to use the pool with no one around. Feels like a private pool! It is located on the 19th floor with floor-to-ceiling windows, so you get a beautiful view of the neighbourhood.

I can swim for quite a few laps if I stick to breast stroke, but as soon as I switch to front crawl I'm done. I can't even do a full lap! Practice will help, but when I see Carla doing 15 laps with front crawl , I kind of think to myself "What's wrong with me?" I don't think any amount of practice will get me to Carla's level. For now, I will set my goal to do 2 laps. That's a 100% improvement over current performance, nothing wrong with that.