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After yesterday's hypothermia worries, I decided to head to the pool today. I swam just shy of 3 km in an hour (116 lengths of a 25 yard pool). Half of that was non-freestyle, so slower.

For comparison, this is as fast, or faster, than my Bring on the Bay swim, which had a current in my favour. It is almost three times faster than my speed when I first got back to swimming in 2007 - at that time, I was very pleased when I graduated to being able to finish a 54 length swim in an hour, even though I needed a nap afterwards. By this spring, I had speeded up to the point that I could almost complete 4 km in my 2 hour Saturday coached swim practice, and could do 2 km in an hour on my own (though I rarely go to lane swims). At Bring on the Bay, I completed 3 km in an hour and five minutes, with a river current in my favour.

When I logged in to record my distance, I realized that I had gone swimming 23 times this month. Normally, I go only 4-5 times. Apparently, practice really does make a difference. Who knew?