I took a long weekend this weekend, with Thursday and Friday off because I just really wanted to - I've been in a bit of a funk since the election and felt like I needed a little bit of a break to do some nice things for me. Today I slept in a little, then got up and sat on the couch with my cats for a while. I met some friends for an informal parkour jam at Harvard, and then went to the lake for a swim. After the swim I did my laundry and then went to this ski movie that was really good. And, I won a year of outside magazine, which was awesome!
The swim was really nice - it was sunny and not windy out, which always helps. I met my one friend who's also really hard core about the cold swimming, and we decided to swim out to the point and back. It was pretty cold at first and I didn't want to put my face in, but then I just started counting and saying "breathe through it" to myself when I came up for air. It took about 25 strokes on each side before my face acclimatized, and then swimming was fine. I wore gloves for the swim (and I'm glad I did because I still had a spot on one of my fingers that was a little numb afterward, though it's fine now), which I actually think act a little bit like paddles. The swim felt pretty fast and before I knew it we were back to the beach. To the point and back is about .4 mile, which is so close to a half mile that we decide to swim a couple more laps to finish the half mile. After, I wasn't even that cold, though I did have a couple shivers. We sat and drank tea and admired the lake for a bit before heading out.
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