I was back down the pool this morning after a hiatus of around 10 weeks and it was hard, bloody hard. If this is what getting older is all about then you can keep it.

Only 10 weeks ago I was happily doing 100 lengths, hardly breaking a sweat and doing it in a time to be proud of. Today after only 6 lengths my arms were sore! No way was I going to give in, and kept on going, and going, and going. Someone else who I recognised as being someone I could just about keep up with, before, was lapping me constantly as well.

Anyway, I forced out 40 lengths at a fairly mediocre pace, and have decided to consider it a challange to see if I can reverse the damage in less than 10 weeks!