so remember how i had joined a gym? i’m still paying for that gym, but i have totally fallen off the wagon as far as going to it regularly. last time i was there, i scanned my card, and the guy asked me if i was new. i started running there, but once i got up to running a 5k, i was able to run that at home. i like running outside, and not on a treadmill. anyway, in light of all this Olympic coverage and how awesome it has been to watch all of the swimming, i decided i’m going to buy some swimming goggles (i like these) and see if i can start swimming regularly. i won’t be lulled into wanting to do something at home because i have no pool at home and the neighborhood pool is probably 10m wide. usually when i’ve gone, the indoor pool has old ladies in it doing some kind of water aerobics, but i only will need one lane. growing up, i took swim lessons from another family in our neighborhood, and i learned all of the strokes. i’ll start easy with the freestyle, but i might see about the backstroke since i also liked to do that. we’ll see how it goes, i’ll probably be able to start on Wednesday.

in addition to getting back on the gym kick, i want to see how much slower my time is compared to the Olympic swimmers. it may take me like 10 minutes to swim what they can in 30 seconds, but hey, i gotta start somewhere.