"A Wink and a Smile"

I'm catching a small window where I can talk just about me . Girls are done with LONG COURSE swim season. School has not started. It's still summer for 2 more weeks (in my area). So I've been doing this swimming thing. For three nights in a row I've donned the suit, cap, and goggles and swam with the new group of MASTERS. For an hour at a time, I get in my exercise and a little chat time between sets. I am LOVING IT! I've come to realize something about myself. For all of my life I've remained active with some sort of exercise. Of course there have been lull periods where I didn't do anything for weeks and maybe months, but NEVER a year has gone by where I didn't do something. Is it pompous of me to pat myself on the back for this? I'm gonna say NO. Mostly because I tend to have low self-esteem when it comes to many things. I never think I am smart enough, pretty enough, etc. I am healthy. I am strong. I am fit (to a degree). Exercise is my...

It's about me and how last night I put on this ... Borrowed a pair of these ... Squeezed my head into this ... Well, maybe not that exact swim cap ;) I borrowed one of my daughter's 20+ caps . A former swimmer and aquatics director at our swim club is heading up a swim program for the "old folks" ... mostly swim team parents and some triathlon hopefuls. This will go on for 2 weeks with the hope that maybe some of us will continue with the Master's Swim Team. I got in the water and felt just a little cocky swimming halfway across the 50 M pool. The coach said we all looked pretty good and she was glad our strokes were not too bad. Then she got all silly and told us to do a 75. It was about the 60M mark that I choked, swallowed, and gasped for air. I wasn't the only one. We continued with practice for the next 60 minutes. More freestyle, sculling, kicking, and lots of critiquing. In the end, we all survived ... no drownings. I think I'll go back today...