I was thinking last night about trying to learn to swim. I can run, I can ride a bike. But unless they change Triathlons to Running/Riding/Drowning, I am not ready to compete. Don’t get me wrong, I can swim, just not well. When I was a kid, I had all kinds of ear problems, so most of the time, I wasn’t allowed to go swimming under doctor’s orders. I do remember taking swimming lessons when I was kid, but not doing great at them.
Then there is the problem of sinking. When I got married, my body fat was fairly low. I remember trying to float in a pool, and I couldn’t. I would slowly sink. Then when swimming, I spent a bunch of energy just trying to stay on the surface. I didn’t even float well in salt-water. My weight slowly climbed after getting married, then floating got easier. Then I lost weight, and not my body-fat is dropping again. If my body-fat percentage continues to drop, it will be the lowest it has ever been.
Anyway, I got the idea to ask my wife to teach me to swim so I can swim for 2.5 miles. I knew that she used to teach swimming. Her advise, was just get into the pool and do it. Hmmm… She must have taught by the sink or swim method. I am hoping to drag her to the pool tonight, or maybe tomorrow night. I don’t have karate class tonight because of the holiday yesterday. But I am supposed to run 4 miles tonight, and I think 8 miles tomorrow night.

Posted by Rob in Whatever on October 10th, 2006 |