It’s been a really long time since I’ve been in a pool to swim laps. That’s sort of funny and sort of sad, considering this is my “swim” blog. But the fact is that the last time I swam any distance was in the Spudman Triathlon last year.

Today we went to the Lindon Aquatic Center, which had been rented out by Charmaine’s work for a party. We took the opportunity to swim a few laps in the 25 yard lap lane pool. It was an eye opening experience. I couldn’t swim more than a 200 without stopping. That is just terrible. I didn’t let myself get out of the pool until I had gone a full mile. By the end I was stopping every 50 yards to catch my breath and let my arms recover.

If it wasn’t before, the message is certainly clear now: we can’t afford to stay away from the pool if we want to survive the Spudman this year.