Is it that time already?

Or rather - Am I that age already? :-)

I go swimming normally 2 or 3 times a week first thing in the morning. Have done for years, the pool I go to has an early riser discount deal and is good as it has a large 25m fitness pool with at least two lanes available for lane swimming. There is a slow and a fast lane. I've always been in the fast lane. Today there were about 5 of us in there, a reasonably busy day which is typical for a Friday but okay. However I soon noticed as I chugged my way through my mile all breaststroke that everyone else was faster than me and I was regularly being overtaken. That is the first time I can remember that ever happening, I'm not always the fastest in the lane but I can't rememeber ever being the slowest.

Oh dear am I to be consigned to the slow lane? Is this just an inevitable outcome of my age?

Comments

  1. Ken Skinner27 March 2009 at 11:18

    Yes. Yes...

    ...and only kidding.

    My mum's [cough] 75 and she still plays regular tennis and goes swimming several times a week. If you met her you'd probably think she was 60.

    Keep up with the swimming. You may be the slowest there, but you'll stay ahead of the pack on dry land!

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  2. Furtheron27 March 2009 at 12:08

    Ho Ho...

    I'm still in the Swimathon next month - my 20th anniversary of that particular brand of insanity. If I get under 1hr 45min I'll be happy

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  3. Liz Hinds27 March 2009 at 17:16

    It works! Yes, and it makes life so simple. But I have to come to the blog if I want to comment, right?

    Doing one length slowly is an achievement for me so I bow to your excellence.

    Ha, ha, my verifier is bedless!

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  4. punxxi27 March 2009 at 18:57

    we won't actually be responsible for buying the house until it passes inspection.
    I congratulate you for speaking to the class that you did, many children like this are very prone to addictions. I say children because they really are. My son will be 38 this year, but he is still a child mentally and is very prone to overdo, and takes meds on top of that.

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  5. Candy's daily Dandy27 March 2009 at 19:52

    Well sir, I am sorry to be the one to break it to you but, you have a serious case of the O L D's.

    No pussy footing aroud it! Relax, I'm right there with you every step of the way. It would seem we are in some good company and personally I wouldn't want to go back there now that I'm here.

    Read my post today. Even us oldies can feel new again. It's all in the mind!

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  6. Heff27 March 2009 at 22:04

    Sorry for the short comment, but - YEP.

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