I just got back home from swimming 500 yards at the Liberty Community Center. I did much better than I thought I would, and finished 500 yards in 10:04. I had done no swimming since August (right before the Matt Mason tri was cancelled) and was expecting to be much slower than I was today.
The mere fact that I finished all 500 yards without stopping surprised me. When I first got back into swimming this summer, I was struggling to finish 150 or 200 yards without stopping and was expecting something similar this time since I'd been so long out of the water, but was pleasantly surprised to be able to finish all 500 yards.
The pacing was also a bit of a surprise. The last time I swam I finished 550 yards in 10:46. Today would have been a bit slower for 550 yards (I was averaging right around 1 minute per 50 yards today, meaning 550 yard would've take roughly 11 minutes), but after a three month break that's to be expected.
Overall I was very emboldened by my swim today. Yes, it was tiring, and yes I was a bit slower than before and yes my neck got sore from breathing. But I was better than I expected to be, and it gave me a good morale boost. I'm looking forward to doing it again.
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