Hello my lovely, all blue and chlorine-y. It's been far too long...
I can't remember the last time I was in a pool. Over a year ago - maybe two? Most likely it involved me splashing around in Tahoe at the Trout Creek Recreation Center with friends, swimming a few listless laps before bailing to the hot tub.
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| Remember when swimming was just about floating with your friend? |
But today I made a beeline for the water; unearthed a swimsuit I thought still had enough hold and grabbed a towel. I checked in at the Koret Center at USF and stumbled around lost in the women's locker room before finally finding a door to the pool. Uh oh. Momentary disorientation. Do I shower before I jump in? Which side is the deep end? Is that Masters or open swim? Can I leave my bag here? What's pool protocol for joining lanes? Is my swimsuit riding up?
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| Aqua running. As boring as it looks. |
Waddling around with an aqua belt cinched tight over my hips I tracked down the answers to all my questions and found the perfect lane to start my newest prehab pursuit: Aqua running. Jumping in, I bounced there hesitantly for a minute before starting to run in the water. And ever so slowly I covered a length of the pool. And turned around. And repeated that about a bazillion more times for the next sixty minutes.
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| This is what pool days should feel like |
What I learned: Aqua running is exactly as boring as people say it is, I need a new swimsuit, and I liked the feeling of being in a pool again. Have I forsaken so much in the pursuit of my running? And skiing and paddling? Or are there just too many things to do and too little time? Pool, I think I've missed you.
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