My range estimations suck

[kjn]

When Hulda started taking formal swimming lessons at the local outdoor bath (not a open lake, but an outdoor pool) I took the opportunity to fresh up my somewhat rusty swimming skills, eventually working up to 450-550 meters (18-22 lengths) per time and continuing on for a bit afterwards - or so I thought. That took me a little less than 5 minutes for three lengths.

Because when we were visiting my in-laws in Boden for my brother-in-law's wedding, and went to the local bathhouse there, I suddenly felt the lengths were going a LOT faster and easier - I did six lengths in five minutes.

So now I checked, and the local outdoor bath has a 50-meter pool… sounds like I indadvertedly has been preparing myself for Vansbrosimningen

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[silmaril.livejournal.com]

Huh. That's... maybe a good kind of self-deception?

[kjn]

Quite likely. I do know it felt strange doing a kilometre swim this afternoon, knowing that I set out to do a full kilometre.

It does explain how tired I've been after Hulda's swimming lessons, though. It's not that my body has been deteriorating a lot since I last swam reasonably regularly - it's that I did a lot more than I did at that time but without knowing it. I'm in worse shape than I was five years ago (not surprising at all), but not that worse, since I live far more sedentary now.