It's been over seven months since I've suited up in my speedo. So finally, after a long wait, JoDee and I hit the water yesterday afternoon. I must confess that I had butterflies in my stomach as I waited for JoDee to arrive at my house.
Last year, I had not swum (is that the correct tense?), like swimteam swimming, in probably over twenty years. (Is that even possibly? How old am I?) When we first started I was like a fish OUT of water. My flipturns were not coming naturally, my breathing was awful and water kept finding its way into my nose! Slowly but surely after several weeks the fish RETURNED to the water and my love of swimming that had been buried deep within resurfaced.
And so, as I hit the water yesterday I feared I would be starting all over again. Much to my great relief this was NOT the case. The flip turns were natural, my breathing was okay (give me a little wiggle room because it's a different type of exercise than running or biking!) and I'm proud to say my nose was water free!
Here's to the Summer C's, may our summer be full of body rocking workouts!
