What I talk about when I talk about swimming

[Sweder]

Just as I thought: best left to the fish

Two things have recently occurred to me:

1. I need something to train for during the summer months. I've now done one marathon a year for the last three years and my joints have never felt better. But I think two a year might be less good for me. It's still a possibility, but a low impact activity sounds like a better idea.

2. I haven't done any upper body exercise in the last 20 years, as witnessed by my limp flailings in the pool. And actually I didn't really do any for the 20 years before that either - I was just young enough for it not to be a problem. It would be good rectify that situation.

That's all well and good but fish do it so well, and they ain't got arms.

It's a good point about upper body strength. For 26.2 and beyond lack of core/ upper body strength causes most of the problems. I too do bugger all above the waist (Oi Oi!!) aside from swinging sticks and shuffling badly seared meat on the Barbie.

I just can't embrace swimming. Perhaps its because I'm so hopeless technique-wise? In that case I need lesson. 49 and going for swimming lessons? Hmm. Why not? Could do worse.

Maybe a triathlon's not completely out of the question after all.