Gremlins

[pollyp1]

I didn't (and don't - most unusual for me in this context) have any gremlins about how I looked running while doing c25k. But I'm about to go swimming for the first time in years and, boy, are they out in force. Is there a couch to 500 lengths podcast??

[MichaelH070862 Graduate]

No unfortunately not you will just have to drag out your Victorian bathing suit and get in there and do some lengths

[pollyp1 Graduate in reply to MichaelH070862]

Which, my sweet, is exactly what I did!

[MichaelH070862 Graduate in reply to pollyp1]

Well done you i bet you looked very fetching in your cosy & hat

[pollyp1 Graduate in reply to MichaelH070862]

Yeah... but I forgot my hat (in fact I don't have one but might be a good idea) so I had to keep wiping my hair off my face, and I left my goggles in my bag so ended up with red eyes. That WAS what you meant by 'fetching', right??

[MichaelH070862 Graduate in reply to pollyp1]

Oh yes that's so swimming

[McFitty Graduate]

You could go 'wild' swimming in the open air. Just wear you teeniest running kit and 'accidentally' fall in and start swimming🐡😊

[pollyp1 Graduate in reply to McFitty]

I would love to, unfortunately I live in landlocked Birmingham (oh wait, I've just remembered the Edgbaston reservoir!!).

[OldWheezer]

Haha funnily enough I was looking at something the other day on the swimming.org website called swimfit or myswimfit. You need to register to see the programme so can't comment on it. When I was looking though I realised they don't do 5k but a mile! Swimmers, what are they like, only doing a mile! There were a few others that popped up when I googled learn to swim a mile or something like that.

[MichaelH070862 Graduate in reply to OldWheezer]

I think you will find that some swimmers do a 10Km open water swim more than a match for your 5k

[pollyp1 Graduate in reply to OldWheezer]

****** lightweights! I crawled through 8 lengths and so didn't fall in love with it the way I feel in love with running, but I shall go back next week and aim for 10. All the strategies I learnt from c25k about motivation did the trick.

[MichaelH070862 Graduate in reply to pollyp1]

It took me one month of swimming 5 days a week to get to 64 lengths of a 25 metre pool which equated to 1 mile and god was it boring swimming up and down but I did get it down to 40 minutes

[pollyp1 Graduate in reply to MichaelH070862]

I am impressed. I think it's safe to say that I won't be swimming 5 days a week but I might commit to weekly.

[OldPossum]

1. Where can I buy a Victorian swimsuit -it's the only way you'll get me in the water? 😎

2. I need a chlorine free pool - and not sure about wild either - I've seen Love Actually with the eels. Ughh 😱

[MichaelH070862 Graduate in reply to OldPossum]

Just for you check this website out

ladiesemporium.com/store/la...

[OldPossum in reply to MichaelH070862]

😂😂😂

[pollyp1 Graduate in reply to OldPossum]

I don't like chlorine. not seen the film, perhaps I shouldn't!!

[OldPossum in reply to pollyp1]

It's a real chick flick and I love it!! Hubby pretends to hate it but I'm not fooled 😂😂

[pollyp1 Graduate in reply to OldPossum]

Mine loves Muriels Wedding...

[OldPossum in reply to pollyp1]

I like that one too - I love the bit where the guy accidentally unzips the bean bag. 😂😂😂

[pollyp1 Graduate in reply to OldPossum]

'tis a fab film

[pollyp1 Graduate in reply to OldPossum]

They're making a musical!!! Only in Australia at the moment but presumably it will hit the U.K. in time for us to go on our zimmer frames!

[Irish-John Graduate]

I like swimming. I do NOT like all the time spent getting to the Pool, changing into gear, drying off after swim, changing back into gear, driving home again. I admire anyone who can put up with the tedium outside the Pool.

Am I a bad man?

[pollyp1 Graduate in reply to Irish-John]

I suspect not. Luckily the pool is only a 10 minute walk from me. I'm not sure I'll ever fall in love with it but time will tell.