Into the Blue

Tonight, I started swimming lessons.

I am able to swim, I certainly won't drown in the pool, but I never learned how to swim 'properly' for lack of a better term.

Before my mom had her stroke, she had asked that, as a gift to her, I lose some weight and get in better shape. So, in addition to running (including running a 5K and signing up for the Chevron half marathon), I decided to take swimming lessons.

There are only 2 of us in the class, plus the instructor. It makes for a good learning experience. The class is 30 minutes, which I believe is the perfect amount of time.

The teacher asked if I biked since I apparently have a decent amount of leg power. Of course I'm not very efficient, so it was a nice way of saying that I splash a lot!

All in all I'm very happy with how tonight went. I'm looking forward to the progress I hope to make in the coming weeks.

.....and swimming is a lot more tiring when you're 37 than when you're 7.