Swim Star

So I have gone back to swimming at the local pool. I used to be on swim team, 12 years running, then after high school, got a bit side tracked and just stopped doing it.
I have been going now for a good year and half to deep water aerobics and in the last 2 months I have gone back to lap swimming.
I am getting old, so I always have water plugged in my ears now, and I come home and basically fall right to sleep, cause my body is not the same as it was in high school. I even go as far as wearing earplugs now….tragic….I stuff myself in a suit that is a size too small, but that’s ok, you are supposed to do that. Yes you are supposed to look like a stuffed sausage the whole time. Plus side is, my suit and my cute swim cap are the same color, so I am a fashion icon.

Last night I decided to keep up with the girl in the lane next to me. 44 laps in, yes, that’s right 44 laps later, I finally had to stop trying to keep up with her. She was there before me even, just chugging away, I thought hey, nice challenge to not stop until she does. I know she did more laps than me cause I couldn’t keep up and she was wearing flippers, so I’m sure she did 100 laps to my 44, but I did keep trying. Boy was that a mistake. Today, I am sore, both ears are plugged and I still have a headache from not being able to breath properly, and I think I drank half the pool, so I feel a bit bloated and I can still detect a hint of chlorine on my skin. I am lucky I can lift my arms and legs at all, but hey, I did it!

She finally stopped swimming about 5 minutes before the pool closed, I was grateful, cause acting like I was a swim star almost killed me…needless to say, I passed out in a heap on the bed at 8:30 last night.