I woke up today in the sure knowledge that it had to be done. I had to start sometime and it might as well be today.
I went to the cupboard, my side of the cupboard is not the tidy side of the cupboard and after a rake around my two boxes of shorts, longs, bike shorts and swim kit I eventually found my swim shorts. I decided that the budgie smugglers might be a bit much for the good people of Dunfermline so picked up a more discreet pair. Another dig in my 'man drawer' found my goggles and I was ready to roll.
So at lunchtime I made my way, slightly nervously, to the pool. It was actually quite quiet, except for the swimming lanes which were packed with people doggy paddling up and down. Not sure why Dunfermline doesn't have a fast and a slow lane like most places but there you go. As the pool itself was relatively quiet I jumped in, pulled the goggles on and started my attempt at front crawl. Ian Hill had advised that I should practice pushing my chest into the water in an effort to keep my legs up. So I did much pushing of my chest into the water and I think I was actually swimming at one point.
After a few minutes I managed to relax and started reflecting on life, the universe and everything. It's good to reflect on where you are in the stages of life and the pool gives you that opportunity. Anyway my relaxed thoughts took my focus off my breathing and I managed to swim a kilometre without killing myself and I could have carried on. I had decided to see if I could do 400m but felt pretty good so carried on. Not the fastest but a good start!
I have to confess that I was pretty happy climbing out of the water as I hadn't expected the swim to come quite so easily.
Tomorrow is a rest day which is fantastic - can't wait!
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