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cassy_gWell, I went swimming today, yay! I even somehow managed to get ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
gossamyrrh to go with me! I have been trying to get her to go for... well forever, and it was great to have some one else there with me. Plus she liked it so much, she's coming with me tomorrow too! Double yay!
I swam only 25 laps in an hour, that's about 1250 meters, so it's not like I was setting a speed record or anything. I use to swim double and triple that (not necessarily in an hour, but that was about all I could have managed at all today) when I was a teenager and I look forward to being able to swim more than 25 laps again in the future.
I know it will improve in time. When I was swimming a few years ago, it was only a few weeks before I had dramatically improved. What drives me crazy is my complete inability to breathe half the time. I know very well it's because I have only the one functional lung, and that I never breathe deeply enough when I am just sitting around, but ARGH! It's frustrating to be in a good rhythm and have to stop because you can't breathe. This too, will improve in time. I know it will eventually mean I am utilizing the one lung much more efficiently and effectively - a very very good thing.
I am also thinking of practicing my Tai Chi in the instructional pool from time to time, whenever it's free and I am not swimming laps. Something struck me today as I was swimming, and it just seemed like that would be a good way to practice the smooth flowing rhythm of the hand and body motions.
I saw when I was there that they are offering a class in water therapy for arthritis several times a week. It's kind of early in the morning, but once things settle down, I might just have to take a couple. My joints are all double-jointed and as the years have clicked by they have deteriorated rapidly. My ankles, knees, hips and back are constantly cracking when I move, and damnit I am too young for that!
I think besides the depression, and the way the endorphines/adrenalin seem to help, I recognize a need to improve my health - not for vanity sake, but because I don't like the pain in my knees from walking up a half flight of stairs, and I don't like not being able to walk 200 yards without needing to stop and gasp for air.
Anyway, point of all this was, I went swimming. I had a great time (as always when submerged in water). I feel better today than yesterday.
gossamyrrh to go with me! I have been trying to get her to go for... well forever, and it was great to have some one else there with me. Plus she liked it so much, she's coming with me tomorrow too! Double yay!I swam only 25 laps in an hour, that's about 1250 meters, so it's not like I was setting a speed record or anything. I use to swim double and triple that (not necessarily in an hour, but that was about all I could have managed at all today) when I was a teenager and I look forward to being able to swim more than 25 laps again in the future.
I know it will improve in time. When I was swimming a few years ago, it was only a few weeks before I had dramatically improved. What drives me crazy is my complete inability to breathe half the time. I know very well it's because I have only the one functional lung, and that I never breathe deeply enough when I am just sitting around, but ARGH! It's frustrating to be in a good rhythm and have to stop because you can't breathe. This too, will improve in time. I know it will eventually mean I am utilizing the one lung much more efficiently and effectively - a very very good thing.
I am also thinking of practicing my Tai Chi in the instructional pool from time to time, whenever it's free and I am not swimming laps. Something struck me today as I was swimming, and it just seemed like that would be a good way to practice the smooth flowing rhythm of the hand and body motions.
I saw when I was there that they are offering a class in water therapy for arthritis several times a week. It's kind of early in the morning, but once things settle down, I might just have to take a couple. My joints are all double-jointed and as the years have clicked by they have deteriorated rapidly. My ankles, knees, hips and back are constantly cracking when I move, and damnit I am too young for that!
I think besides the depression, and the way the endorphines/adrenalin seem to help, I recognize a need to improve my health - not for vanity sake, but because I don't like the pain in my knees from walking up a half flight of stairs, and I don't like not being able to walk 200 yards without needing to stop and gasp for air.
Anyway, point of all this was, I went swimming. I had a great time (as always when submerged in water). I feel better today than yesterday.
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Date: 2003-09-25 08:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-09-25 09:39 pm (UTC)LOL I don't know if that's a compliment or an insult, or maybe both! :P
Actually, thanks very much for letting me know that I wasn't being completely nuts when I thought it would be a good idea to practice in the water.
Oh, and you didn't return my message the other day, so... no soup for you!! :P
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Date: 2003-09-26 01:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-09-26 05:32 am (UTC)