But I have a new bathing suit and was determined to use the damned thing. I bought it because I promised Fernando I'd go swimming with him when I returned home. But then The Nanaimo Plan happened. So there I was with this new bathing suit... and a decision to return it or not.
I decided to keep it. There are two pool facilities in Nanaimo. The closer one has $3 swimming from 10:30 AM to noon, and the downtown one has it from 9-10 PM. I made the effort to get up early and go to the closer one.
The pool was really nice. They have a fun one for kids with slides and a fountain...
There's a training pool I didn't see--must be for learning to swim...
They have a smaller one which must be for physio therapy type stuff (there was lot of disabled parking spots outside). And I'm guessing for splashy classes*. Oh yes, there's a splashy class in the picture!
And then a big one which had 3 lanes for laps: slow, medium and fast. Yay! Cause I need a slow lane, otherwise I worry I'm holding someone up and don't enjoy myself. I was swimming with the gray hairs and the pudgy kid trying to swim the length of the pool without taking a breath.
I don't think there's too much chlorine in the water either, cause when I experimented with getting water in my eyes, it didn't sting.*
I'm not a bad swimmer, simply because my high school had a pool. Swimming was part of the curriculum every year for 5 years (Quebec junior high and high are together, and lasts 5 years). So I can do the basic moooves. I didn't have goggles though so no crawl, but tootling about on my back and sides.
I thought I'd throw in towel after 10 minutes, but my dad was coming back for me in an hour so I thought: 30 minutes then I can sit in the hot tub. But it actually got easier as I went, and I swam for 45 minutes. So pat on the head pour moi.
When I got out my legs were so shaky I had to sit for a moment. (Chairs thoughtfully provided for wilting flowers like myself.)
No idea if I'll manage to get out and do this again. But once is better than never. I'll let you know if I'm sore tomorrow. Right now it's just the muscles under my left arm. But exercise pain is nice.
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* Ah yes, they recently upgraded to UV light treatments, so there's less chlorine.
