Swimming. Swimming!

14 weeks of swimming, that's right!  I have managed to swim 2 or 3 times a week for the past 14 weeks, and that makes me proud.  Proud because after 10 years of swimming with a Master's group, I now have to swim solo, and I am making it happen.

This is my pool in the morning.  I tweeted about how it looked like the Upside Down, and it is a little creepy that I swim this way, in the dark, all by myself.  My other option, though, is to drive 30 minutes at 4:30 am to "swim with people."  Except that no one swims together, they just get there really early, "claim" a lane, then swim solo.

Errr.....  I was so spoiled in Memphis with my awesome Masters coaches and life long swim/coffee club friends.  What I wouldn't give to have a real Master's team in this pool!

I know that I will not make the same amount of progress by myself.  My PRs in the pool are long behind me from my days swimming with Gil Stovall.  Those practices were so hard.  I know I can't replicate that by myself.

But, pats on the back to me for getting outside when I would rather be snuggled in bed and swimming solo.  It is dark and early.  The Upside Down is going to swallow me up and no one will notice.  But after 14 weeks I think I have made swimming routine again, and that is a big step forward after so much time off.