Exercise Log

[cjsmith]

I got in the pool out back, a process taking approximately 13.79 hours of inching down the steps, and I swam the length of the pool a few times. My lips are still blue from the cold. I am convinced that persons who enjoy swimming have actually undergone a secret medical procedure whereby all sensations of temperature are permanently blocked. Gotta say, though: my feet don't hurt while I'm in there. (Not that I can feel anything at all while I'm in there.)

Comments

Heh

[dizzdvl.livejournal.com]

Some of us have extra insulation.

Just plop yourself in all at once and get it over with! ;)

Re: Heh

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I think I'd instantly die of a heart attack! LOCAL WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN OWN POOL, FILM AT 11. :-)

Re: Heh

[dizzdvl.livejournal.com]

Heeheehee I should send you some m&ms in the package to get that body fat insulation on ya!

BTW, I found a box and I plan on at least getting it addressed tomorrow. I do these things in stages. I'm slow.

Re: Heh

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Slow is okay -- I don't exactly have loads of free time myself, so it's not like I'm twiddling my thumbs waiting. Plus I completely understand.

[datagoddess.livejournal.com]

You should wire up the solar panels to warm up the pool :-)

solar heated pools

[shadopanther.livejournal.com]

My mother's pool uses passive solar heating with a combination of blue bubble wrap solar blankets & black pvc piping on her roof. The system works best in summer. Currently, it is in need of repairs. The pvc piping sometimes springs leaks during the winter (due to water freezing in the pipes) & the blankets need to be replaced as the sun has damaged a large portion of the bubble wrap. (The plastic cracks & breaks from sun damage when the wrap is stored out of the pool but un-covered from the sun).

[platypus]

Pools should not be cold!

[vvvexation.livejournal.com]

Either that, or they grew up someplace where the air, and thus the water, wasn't freezing cold all the time. *sigh*

You didn't ask for MAS but...

[firecat]

If the pool out back isn't heated, then it must be very cold, because it's been pretty cold all spring. You might try a heated pool or an indoor pool. Then if you like it, you can look into a heater for the pool out back.

Re: You didn't ask for MAS but...

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

It probably is pretty cold, yeah. Yesterday was a hot day and I figured I was overheated enough for it. Wrong :-)

We've got a heater for it but it's expensive enough that we don't run it. We might look into other ways.

[klwalton.livejournal.com]

Tim and I were just talking about my competetive swimming career today.

From the time I was 10 until I was 18, I worked out in a swimming pool for 4 hours a day, 6 days a week - 5:30-7:30 AM, 6:30 - 8:30 PM. Competition and workout temperature of the pool was, if I remember correctly, somewhere around 78F. This is *not* warm, and when diving in at the 5:30 AM workout, it was fucking *cold*.

However, if your pool is not heated, it's likely colder than that, considering the recent weather.

I *love* swimming. But I'm weird :).

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I wonder how cold that pool really is. Yesterday was warmish, so I thought I was overheated enough for it. Oops. :-)

I'm not sure I ever liked swimming. Anything that starts out so unpleasantly...