Before starting i was reluctant to get in, after 3 laps i was depressed that i had 33 more to go, after 6 i was tired and cranky, and after 9 i was planning how to never swim again. I persisted, though, and was feeling better as I rounded the halfway mark (18), and back to normal as I hit 24 laps. Then something changed --
It was like a forrest gump moment - I swam but didn't get tired. I wasn't getting more air, but I stopped feeling like i wasn't getting enough. I swam 18 straight laps without stopping (so I hit 43 laps today), and only stopped because it was getting late. I could have kept going, possibly indefinitely -- when i stopped I felt fine: more relaxed and less winded than I did after 3 laps.
I wonder if that is how normal people feel about exercise -- that it's boring, but not horrible the whole time. I really hope i can hit that rhythm again. Laps in that case wouldn't mean anything, I could just swim constantly for a period of time (which is less of a pain to manually count).
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