Swimming

For several reasons I’ve been mixing up my winter training with a bit of swimming this year (one being that snow has finally hit Zurich!). Not cool. I don’t get it. Why anyone would choose to repeatedly swim up and down a rectangular box full of water is beyond me. Its so boring! Where’s the adrenaline? Where’s the sense of exploration and adventure? the sense freedom? the only thing I can find some interest in is the challenge of overcoming the boredom and forcing myself to stay there until I look like a wrinkled prune so I at least come away feeling tired.

I don’t know much about actual swimmers so I wont question their logic but triathletes are another matter -I always thought there was something a bit odd about them but this has confirmed things further, they ride bikes so should realise where its at!

You can’t chat to your mates or listen to music to pass the time, there are loads of old people who go really slow and refuse to get out of the way, there are herds of hyperactive kids jumping around and splashing water in your eyes, and even worse there is an amazing view of the Alps out of the window.

Makes me far too grumpy, better stick to bikes…

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