I feel weird having a swim blog and never going swimming. So I go from time to time to keep myself honest.

Actually, today is the first time I got back to the pool since that whole miscarriage business resolved itself. You ever get that feeling like, “I can’t believe I’m actually swimming?” That’s how I felt for most of my set.

Things have changed since the last time I’d been swimming. For one, it wasn’t as hard to breathe. I noticed that right away. My muscles were sore from working out yesterday, but I didn’t have the overall fatigue that I usually have when I start back swimming after a long break.

I found myself analyzing this the whole swim. What was it? The cardio workouts I’ve been doing? The strength conditioning? The taper? All of the above? Whatever it was, I was so relieved.

I dreaded timing myself on the 100 IM. I mean, the last time I went swimming, it was September. Surely my time would be embarrassing. But I decided I’d rather have a baseline to build upon than cop out and not time myself. My time was actually 5 seconds faster than the last time I swam! I came in at 2:50.35, and that includes that split second I hesitated before starting my fly.

I still wimped out on all but the final flip turn, and was pretty spent by the 800th yard. But I figured I could eke out 900, so I did.

The workout was a great start to my day; I was able to get the kids done with school earlier than I have in weeks! I was able to get other things done today, including returning to the Y to work out with a friend.

It’s all good when you can get to the pool.