No doubt it's a great learning experience for me. My might on the pool will be put into a test. I haven't swam for almost a month now. The last time I've done so was when I had my vacation during the Lenten season not on a swimming pool but at a beach few meters away from our house in the province. This habit has been cultivated every time I visit our town.
If my memory would not fail me, I learn to swim when I was seven or eight years old. It was basically my past time during my childhood years. We have no formal swimming lessons whatsoever, we've learned the basic movements of the arms and legs to float on the water by ourselves, particularly the dog and frog swim.
I took swimming on my P.E. class in college.I've learned the freestyle, backstroke, breast stroke and the butterfly styles. I had no difficulty performing these styles. I can relate it very well to what I knew . It's only a matter of polishing and adjusting the necessary techniques. I grew up doing the stuff in the first place.
We had a simple outing together with a senior member of the office.She shouldered the expenses for the accommodation and food.All we have to do is eat and enjoy the place.The group dwelled on the one cottage enough to accommodate the seven of us, adjacent to an elongated sized swimming pool.
If my memory would not fail me, I learn to swim when I was seven or eight years old. It was basically my past time during my childhood years. We have no formal swimming lessons whatsoever, we've learned the basic movements of the arms and legs to float on the water by ourselves, particularly the dog and frog swim.
I took swimming on my P.E. class in college.I've learned the freestyle, backstroke, breast stroke and the butterfly styles. I had no difficulty performing these styles. I can relate it very well to what I knew . It's only a matter of polishing and adjusting the necessary techniques. I grew up doing the stuff in the first place.
We had a simple outing together with a senior member of the office.She shouldered the expenses for the accommodation and food.All we have to do is eat and enjoy the place.The group dwelled on the one cottage enough to accommodate the seven of us, adjacent to an elongated sized swimming pool.
The night was entirely full of excitement.After the dinner, with grilled pork, the group collectively plunged on the pool.It was past
ten in the evening, everyone decided to get out of the water. Our unguarded moments was caught by the lens of the camera , cautiously handled to get the best angles .
I took time to condition myself, approximately making ten lapses on the ten meter wide swimming pool. Holding my breath to test my agility under water, which I haven't done for a month now. It would attest the exercise we did in one of our activities, to measure a person's ability to hold his/her breath for a couple of minutes, tantamount to accessing the condition of one's health. Holding one's breath longer means better health condition. I surprisingly got a thirty second time.
The morning made the day more challenging.Dipping into a larger pool measuring about thirty meters long, my companions proposed a contest, wading the waters towards the end. Both swimmers halted at the middle of the pool, not a bad performance.The formers were both bigger and larger than me.
I pumped bubbles to prepare myself and store the much needed air to sustain while under water. I swam towards the end of the pool. I tried to push myself to the limits after the point where my companions stopped.I did made it.Having crossed the pool without breathing at all is an accomplishment for me. I felt dizzy after I popped out of the water.I performed again the pumping of bubbles to catch my breath for several minutes.However, my extraordinary swim was not documented at all.
I liked swimming. Perhaps, it also liked me. In due time, who knows another surprise will surface in our next swimming episode.
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