Swim Pix

For all you non-believers, here is the evidence that I can swim! These shots were from our pool training session which was held at an aquatic centre on the planet Moraga. Well, Moraga is near Fayetteville, but it felt like I was on another planet. The aquatic centre belonged to a local high school and was better than anything that I have ever seen in the UK. They had three large pools. One, which must have had 12 lanes, was being used for a competition so there were hundred of kids around. We used one of the smaller pools which only had 6 lanes. Still, it was fun. Yes, I am actually enjoying swimming which is a big suprise. I still find the drills difficult but I seem to be making great progress. Our coach videod us and provided feedback on our technique. I was waiting for him to burst out laughing when he reviewed me but he was rather encouraging. I seem to be wiggling about a bit were I shouldn't but I have a good prognosis. I even received a prescription for some remedial drills to correct the unnecessary movements.
I also noticed that I don't come away from a decent swimming pool with a streaming nose. I think that my local Y must use super-strength chloride or something that the WMD inspectors missed in Iraq, which I guess is understandable as most of the people that use the pool are either kids or over 85, and thus are prone to leaking urine. I think it is time to find another pool.