I am not the muppet you are looking for...

Pool went well yesterday - 24 laps, which isn't bad considering it's been 10 months. A couple of swim related injuried though, including a dislocated finger from a mid-lane collision at full sprint o_0. Next time I will find my goggles too! Surprised how well I coped with it too, which suggests that the month break form much physical activity has actually been beneficial (back and knees behaving reasonably well, lingering cough just about cleared up, torn cycling muscles healed) without too much loss of fitness. Thus, the plan has been born: cycle to and from work Monday and Friday, pool on Wednesday. That still gives me recovery time and free weekends, with the added bonus that I find swimming mentally and spritually refreshing.

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