After my long dip yesterday I decided to go for a swim today. I met some friend on the beach and we all got in a little distance. My goal as I set out was to do a quarter mile swim - that's about twice the length of the long swim at the swim festival and also more than I've swum in a while.
I got to the beach and it was so nice there - the sun is out and it's pretty warm feeling still. When the sun went behind the clouds it was a little chilly. We chatted for a bit before getting into the water, but soon it was time. Walking in it felt pretty cold, and I was dreading the swimming part a bit. The first lap, especially the first 30 or so strokes were especially challenging. But then my body got used to it and it was really nice. I could feel the sun on my back and swimming felt fine even though I haven't been swimming for a while. I got my 3 laps in and didn't feel a need to rush out. According to my watch the temp was 57, I went .23 mile and it took me a little less than 13 minutes. I definitely started my first lap a little too fast, and had to slow down as I went. Looking at my heart rate from my watch I was in zone 2 for over three minutes and in zone 3 for over 5.5 minutes, so good exercise! One of my friends did an a half mile, which was pretty impressive. After we got changed and didn't really need anything to warm up, though one person had brought tea, which hit the spot.
There were a few other people there swimming, and so we tried to recruit them to the group.
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