Ahhhggg, swimming

14th August 2008

This swimming lark is beginning to seriously worry me. I got some more details on what is worryingly being called a duathlon, it goes something like this.

Swim 180 metres (11)
Run 800 metres
Swim 350 metres (22)
Run 500 metres
Swim 220 metres (14)
Run 1.5 miles
Swim 150 metres (9)
Run 800 metres to finish

The pool at my gym is 16 metres in length, so the numbers in brackets represent the number of lengths. Obvious isn’t it, I put the telly on, get a few tips from Michael Phelps and pop up to the pool and swim 56 lengths.

Wrong!! I managed 8 lengths before I was rescued from my resting place at the bottom of the pool and had the water pumped from my lungs. I then managed another 22 lengths in groups of 2, yes a whole 2 at a time with about 15 secs rest between each group.

What’s with this whole moving of the arms, turning the head and breathing thing? Don’t they know I’m trying to keep myself off the bottom of the pool and kick my legs at the same time?

So, it’s back up to the pool tonight for another go. If I’m not back by 9pm, then the fishes have got me!