I love the water. I was born in early June and by the end of that month my mom had me in the pool. By the end of that summer I was swimming and when I was 2 1/2 I saved my brother when he fell into our 13 foot  diving well when no adults were around. Water is my thing. I've probably spent 23 of 25 summers by the pool- swimming, lifeguarding, coaching. I love the water- have I said that already?

The problem once you grow up and you don't have all day to play in the pool and you can't relax in the sun while your bathing suit dries is that swimming can be a bit of a hassle. As a professional I don't want to schlep my dress clothes, makeup, etc. so I can get ready after swimming. Well today the stars aligned and I had the most wonderful of schedules and I was able to hit one of the pools on campus for a cross-training workout.

It's been about 10 months since I last got in a pool. Today when I opened the door and my feet hit the tiles and I saw the choppy waves, I was giddy. Yesterday I got a workout from swimplan.com, a free web site that spits out swim workouts based on a few variables, and I hopped in the water. My swim was amazing. Outside of the water I am high-strung and clumsy. But once I get my hair wet, I become a different person... calm, efficient, strong, graceful. I swam about 1200 meters, nothing groundbreaking, but it was phenomenal to, well, both literally and figuratively get my feet wet. I knew I wanted to get back to swimming and after today  I'm going to make it  a part of my weekly training schedule.