"swimming"

And I use the word loosely. 30 - 35 minutes, I think. I didn't count laps. I just wanted to swim for awhile.

I got some Hydrospecs like my brother recommended and they seemed to do the trick for keeping the water out. I had to dork around with the straps but I think I finally got them adjusted OK.

That was the good news. Well, and I didn't drown nor require lifeguard effort.

Let's see ... the flutter kick aggravates my knee a little. And there's no way I will even attempt to swim any other stroke. In fact, right now, my knee is pretty sore and I'm going to go ice it down.

I routinely get water in my nose or mouth, which makes me cough like a smoker at the end of the lane. Oh and I get out of breath. I think I need help on breathing. I mean, honestly, I can run 30 - 40 minutes at a good clip so there's no reason that I can't swim for 30 minutes without stopping. I guess it will just take time.

Oh, there is more good news. I can only improve. I have nowhere to go but up. I guess that is worth something.

I would have gone another 5 minutes but I got a nice charley horse using the kickboard. Fortunately, I was at the end of the lane so I was able to scoot around to the ladder. But my calf was all knotted up for a few minutes. That was weird. I don't cramp much. Occasionally in yoga. But never doing anything else.