Well this weekend was going to be my first "lake" swim. I say "was" because I didn't exactly do my swim. Don't get me wrong, I did try. I started off from the house and ran to the docks. That is maybe 3/4 of a mile. I was doing good, I ran down there and was not tired. Changed my shirt to my BRIGHT yellow shirt and walked down to the water! Got in and started swimming. I got a little ways past the dock and then all the sudden a overwhelming fear of drowning came over me. I am not scared of much, but I will have to tell you that I HAD to stop, because of the fear that I had. I am a STRONG swimmer, and I was not tired. I CAN swim at least 1 mile in the pool nonstop. It was just so different than the pool, and the fact that I did not have a life jacket on in the lake like I normally do. I will really have to overcome this fear of lake swimming. I am disappointed that I did not get in my swim, but I just could not get back into the water today. I think that I might get myself a belt that has some sort of flotation on it to help ease my fear. I AM going to do this. I am also glad that I have given myself a year to prepare for it.
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