The rest of 2011 - between marathons

[marathondan]

Bit the bullet and went for a swim tonight. Well, if I need a challenge, there's one right in front of me. I hadn't realised what a terrible swimmer I've become. But I guess if you don't practice a skill for 20 years then you're unlikely to maintain ability - not that I had much in the first place. My technique is so bad that I was unable to string together 50m front crawl without having to revert to breast stroke. This is not a good state of affairs. Never mind triathlons, a goal of just being able to swim 1km crawl at any speed would be a substantial challenge. Lessons beckon, methinks.

It's rather exciting though, like 10 years ago when I had no idea how to run - I just went out and did it.