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So, I've been swimming on/off for 15 years now. I started in college, swam for the school and have been with Masters ever since. I spent a few years away from the pool, but was in the ocean every day surfing. Moved away from the ocean and have been in the pool religiously for the past 4 years, never missing a day unless the pool was closed for maintenance, it was a holiday, or I had a Doctor's appt.
I follow a coach's workout everyday. I am in the water for about 90 minutes daily and am always changing up strokes, drills, etc. You would think that there's no way I could get bored in the water, but, it's happening.
2012 has been a tough year for me. I was admitted into the hospital in ICU with severe pneumonia, severe sepsis, multiple organ failure and I even had a stroke. This was in April. I was in a coma for 21 days. I died on the ER table and had to be resuscitated. I pulled through and was eventually admitted to an inpatient care facility to learn to walk, talk, feed myself, etc. I harassesed the therapists daily to let me get in the water!!! I could NOT wait to get back in the pool!!!
Well, June comes and I'm in the water. Start back slow with easy workouts. 1200-1600 meters max. I eventually work up to my usual 2500-3000/day. Then, I notice in Sept., I am literally dreading going in for my workout. I put my fins on and coast through the whole thing just to get done and get out. WAY not normal for me.
Now, I have severe Rheumatoid Arthritis. I swim cause it is supposedly the easiest on the joints, but lately, I'm having problems with swimming and my RA. I flare and can't move in the water, which then frustrates me, and then makes not want to swim. I used to do two workouts a day...I would swim and then do Power 90 (the baby version of P90X). But, doing that is what put me in the hospital. The doctors said I wore my body down so much that it could not fight off any infection. I have to take chemo meds to control my RA, which pretty much kills my immune system.
Basically, I'm not sure what to do. I LOVE swimming. I love the water. I love the glide. I love the feeling of freeness that swimming provides. But, I just don't love it anymore....I hope that makes sense.
Have any of you felt this way? How did you get past it? Is it just a funk? Should I take some time away from the pool? Thank you in advance!!!
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I agree with what everyone has said here.
I've only recently gotten back in the water. My last year of swimming was miserable on many levels and it left me with a really bad taste in my mouth. It took a long time to overcome that, and in my case it really does seem to help with my health issues.
One factor that really helped rekindle my love for the sport was reading Swimming Studies by Leanne Shapton. It's a memoir of sorts (really more a collection of vignettes related to swimming along with artwork). She swam at two Canadian Olympic Trials in the 1980s.
It's probably not the thing if you like to have very straightforward narratives, but I found it incredibly beautiful. She was really able to put into words some of the memories and feelings I had about swimming.
I agree with what everyone has said here.
I've only recently gotten back in the water. My last year of swimming was miserable on many levels and it left me with a really bad taste in my mouth. It took a long time to overcome that, and in my case it really does seem to help with my health issues.
One factor that really helped rekindle my love for the sport was reading Swimming Studies by Leanne Shapton. It's a memoir of sorts (really more a collection of vignettes related to swimming along with artwork). She swam at two Canadian Olympic Trials in the 1980s.
It's probably not the thing if you like to have very straightforward narratives, but I found it incredibly beautiful. She was really able to put into words some of the memories and feelings I had about swimming.
