Oh, that’s nothing to write home (or blogs) about, but I would like to have a record of when I hit the pool here.

It’s been a tradition for me to celebrate my birthday by going swimming since 2003. I bucked the trend this year by swimming a day early. I have a hair appointment on my birthday, see, so it was today or forget it.

And of course the temperature was 10 degrees colder than it had been yesterday. I didn’t let that deter me.

I was really tired in the pool, though. That was a disappointment after last month, when swimming was easier than ever. I thought maybe I was worn out from cardio tennis yesterday. Or maybe it was the fact that I was hungry. Whatever it was, I had to fight for my yardage today, and even went back to catching my breath at the wall.

My IM time was a second slower than last time; I was pretty proud of that, considering how much I struggled today. In the end, I swam 900 yards. I hope to swim sooner than in a month, and to add 100 yards to my set.