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I learned to swim at a community pool when I was a kid and always enjoyed the water. Back in November 2006, I decided that it was time for me to start getting back in shape. Since I had free access to the pool on campus, it seemed like a good way to go. I decided that the only way I would be able to keep this up was to set a rule: (If the pool is open) + (Monday, Wednesday, or Friday) + (I'm on campus) = I swim So, goggles and trunks at the ready, I went the pool. The first time I swam, 4.5 laps, I was exhausted and nearly passed out in the student center when I was getting lunch afterwards. Over time, I got in a little better shape and started to increase the number of laps. Eventually, I traded in the trunks for speedos and keep increasing the laps. Eventually, I was able to do 18 laps at a time - 1/2 a mile - and then later, 36 laps -1 mile. 1 1/2 miles, 1 3/4 miles, and finally 2 miles. In the summer of 2008, I went to South Carolina and spent some time on the beach and swimming in the ocean. I tried to do a mile a day based on what I knew about how fast and far I could swim. Last spring, I did the Swim for Diabetes and 72 laps again. This past summer, I took a trip to SC again and did 14 miles over the course of the trip. And we got some photos... |
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Entering the water. The group I was with kept not-quite lecturing/warning
me every time I started a swim. I didn't see any sea creatures, though
I did get grabbed by huge chunks of my imagination a few times. |
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That's my head and hand coming out of the water. I mostly did the breast-stroke
in the ocean, but I did change up a bit to the crawl and on rare occasions,
the butterfly. |
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Bond, James Bond. Circa Casino Royale. Okay, maybe not, but I'm surprisingly not that embarrassed by this photo. I was the only guy on beach in a Speedo, but I was rocking it. :) |
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