3 loops
lake nokomis open swim
78 degrees
Another great swim! Sunny, warm, not too windy. I couldn’t see the buoys at all, but I stayed mostly on course and the one time I was off, I didn’t care. Swimming from the little beach to the big beach I suddenly noticed the buoy was way off to my left, so I stopped and turned sharply and headed towards it. I’m pleased with myself for being so unworried about messing up. I’ve been working on it for a few years now.
I started strong, but was ready to be done midway through the 3 loop. Near the end, my body felt awkward, especially my shoulders and feet.
I didn’t have time to write this right after my swim so I’m doing it the morning after. Can I remember 10 things?
10 Things
- a dark plane passing through a white cloud above me
- several sailboats with white sails have joined the orange-sailed boat to my right
- the sun on the water’s surface: shimmering, sizzling
- sighting the buoys: almost always, nothing but empty water, trees, sky
- sloshing water passing by my ears
- grazing the side of the orange buoy as I rounded it, watching it twist slightly
- crossing over vegetation just below me near the big beach
- more orange safety buoys tethered to torsos than yellow ones
- before the swim: enchanted by the gentle undulations of the water
- after the swim: standing below the lifeguard stand drying off and listening to a female off-duty lifeguard flirting (?) with a male lifeguard up in the stand — it sucks that I won’t be here for the party…are you going back to Ireland?