Thursdays I look forward to and almost dread too. I go aquarunning at 7pm which is a pretty strenuous workout in itself - 45 minutes of running and various other exercises which stretch, push and get your heart beating like a flipping metronome.
Straight after that I swim. They put up a fast lane which is a great help unless there are a lot of twits who don't understand the concept of a 'fast' lane. I take my float and pullbuoy and goggles and I get stuck in. I have developed a set of reps which stops me from getting bored just ploughing up and down.
I'm a strong breast stroke swimmer but I've had to teach myself front crawl. So I do two lengths just breaststroke legs, two breaststroke arms, two front crawl legs and two front crawl arms. In between each two I do two straight forward lengths of breaststroke. This makes 48 in all which in my pool is 0.75 mile. This I usually complete in around 30 minutes.
Then and only then, I will stop for a chat with whoever wants to chat. Today it was my lane buddy, Helen, Then a posh Indian chap who is very pleasant. Lastly as I was leaving it was Kelly who is duty manager.
By the time I got home it was nearly 10 o'clock and I was famished.
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