I’m quite enjoying this mixing up the exercise thing. This morning my thighs ACHE and as the hotel I am in has a pool I decided it was time to try it out. I keep bringing my costume with me in case, but I’m never brave enough to go an investigate.

But today I did.

It’s been almost as long since I went proper swimming as it’s been since I was on roller skates, so I wondered if I might drown, but as the pool is only 1.5m deep I thought I’d risk it.

Swimming feet on stripy hotel carpet.

It’s not a busy pool, I’ve walked past a few times and it’s always empty, so naturally I turned up to try it at the same time as 2 other people. I was a little bored swimming round and round in circles in the pool with another woman, which a man, who I think was with her, was in the sauna. If I’d have been on my own I’d have probably broken it up a bit by standing on my head, swimming backwards or generally mucking about, but I felt obliged to be well behaved in company.

in a swimsuit for the first time in many, many years

I swam for 25 minutes in total, then the chap left the sauna and got in the pool and kept hanging around the corners instead of swimming, I didn’t feel confident to swim past him as I’m a bit flaily and might kick him in the unmentionables, so I got out, spent 5  minutes in the sauna, then hit the showers.

It was harder on the arms that I remember, and it was nice to do some exercise where I didn’t feel all sweaty and gross for once, though it didn’t feel as hard work out of breath wise (there’s a real word for that, but it escapes me at the moment) as running or skating.

I’d already put my lippy back on by the time I took this photo, so it’s at least less terrifying than yesterdays. Bring on day 6.

I’m quite enjoying this mixing up the exercise thing. This morning my thighs ACHE and as the hotel I am in has a pool I decided it was time to try it out. I keep bringing my costume with me in case, but I’m never brave enough to go an investigate.

But today I did.

It’s been almost as long since I went proper swimming as it’s been since I was on roller skates, so I wondered if I might drown, but as the pool is only 1.5m deep I thought I’d risk it.

Swimming feet on stripy hotel carpet.

It’s not a busy pool, I’ve walked past a few times and it’s always empty, so naturally I turned up to try it at the same time as 2 other people. I was a little bored swimming round and round in circles in the pool with another woman, which a man, who I think was with her, was in the sauna. If I’d have been on my own I’d have probably broken it up a bit by standing on my head, swimming backwards or generally mucking about, but I felt obliged to be well behaved in company.

in a swimsuit for the first time in many, many years

I swam for 25 minutes in total, then the chap left the sauna and got in the pool and kept hanging around the corners instead of swimming, I didn’t feel confident to swim past him as I’m a bit flaily and might kick him in the unmentionables, so I got out, spent 5  minutes in the sauna, then hit the showers.

It was harder on the arms that I remember, and it was nice to do some exercise where I didn’t feel all sweaty and gross for once, though it didn’t feel as hard work out of breath wise (there’s a real word for that, but it escapes me at the moment) as running or skating.

I’d already put my lippy back on by the time I took this photo, so it’s at least less terrifying than yesterdays. Bring on day 6.