Yesterday was my first real swim since I was a teenager. Let's just say it's been more than 20 years. I did ok but I was really having problems w/breathing when doing freestyle. Do any of you swimmers have some tips you can share?
I signed up for an intermediate level swimming class that starts in late September, which is going to help. But I need to be able to swim 25 yards freestyle before the class (a pre-requisite). There's a nice rec facility near the building where I'm going to be assigned in mid-Sept, so I'm hoping to start swimming regularly at either lunch or after work. In the meantime, I'll hit the local public pool---I don't want my lack of stamina/skills to annoy others with whom I'm going to be sharing the slow lane in the lap pool, though.
As an aside, I can't believe how sore my shoulders are today and I didn't even do that many laps yesterday! And I lift weights, so I have what I thought were strong arms/shoulders/back/chest too! haha. How humbling. My husband and I are doing a metric century today, too, so I'm going to pack some advil, just in case.