Swimming
At the start of the year, I picked up swimming again. For the most part I managed to go once per week. It’s the one simple and accessible endurance sport that works for me.
I really enjoy being in the water, listening to the sound it makes as I move through it, and gazing down the blue pool. It’s a good full-body workout, but also very relaxing. I can easily let my mind wander. Which, in contrast, was never true for me when running (which I also occasionally tried in the past), and a big reason that didn’t work for me.
I currently swim a distance of 1500 meters – which means sixty 25-meter lanes – in around 35 minutes. Half breaststroke, half freestyle. That’s a very comfortable pace for me.
Since we’ll be moving soon, I’ll probably won’t go as often during the next month. But I hope I’ll start going regularly again once that’s done.