Laps

No, not the kind you have sitting but not standing. In the pool. Youngest wanted to go yesterday, today I was a little stiff, but willing to go again. My goal was 5 times across and back and I couldn't manage it yesterday. Two of the laps - and is a lap once across or across and back? - I did striding in chest deep water. In my case, I will call across and back a lap. Got it?

Today though I got into a pattern, and I guess I finally got some strength going or something. Breathe on the left, stroke, stroke, stroke (all the while exhaling) then breathing again on the left. It made the last lap easier...you know the last one - it is the one where your stomach is all jellified because it isn't toned up yet.

I know a couple of readers (maybe my only readers) are avid swimmers and have always been, while I struggle. I recall the mile-swim in Boy Scouts where I lasted maybe 1/4 of the distance, even allowing for backstroking etc. If I assume the pool is 25 meters wide, today I did 250 meters, or about 1/8 of a mile. Soon, though, I will be more in shape and it will be a matter of boredom. I might even graduate myself to the deep end of the pool.