I has been 236 days since I last did a swim in a pool.  Over the summer, I did manage to swim a little up at the lake, but overall I feel like I have barely swum at all this year.

The pool at my local LA Fitness gym has been open for a while, but I delayed my return to swimming, to focus on my trail run.  I decided today, that I could no longer put off getting back in the pool.

I was definitely not excited at the prospect of getting in the pool and swimming.  Swimming is by far the most challenging sport within triathlon for me.  I have to work hard to develop a decent swim and I knew that this session was going to be ugly.

I chose to do a simple 10 x 200 yard steady swim.  In the end most of the swim felt OK, but my pace was really slow and towards the end, I started to get fatigued.  I was right… I have a long road ahead to regain my swim fitness.

The big thing that I achieved today, was that I got back in the pool and got the first swim done.  Now I know where I am at, and now I know how much work I have ahead of me.  I have a feeling that swimming will feel like a chore for the next week or two, but once I start to get a little stronger, all will be good.