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We made our second venture to the Y today. I wanted to try and go about 3 times a week, but our plans for last week were waylaid by me getting sick. When we went today, instead of doing the treadmill-and-weights type of workout, we went swimming. They have open lap swimming from 7:30 to 9 every evening. Wow. This was so much harder than my previous workout. I could only do about 4 full laps, free style. My upper body was not prepared. I did a few more laps just kicking, floating on my back, because my legs were not tired yet. This took about 40 minutes. For the remaining 20 minutes, Meg and I did walking laps. I don't think I could handle swimming as my main exercise 3 times a week until I'm in better shape. It will probably be a good indicator of how my other cardio training is going. I wonder if I'll be able add a lap each week? I have no idea if that is an unrealistic goal or not, but I'll try it for a few weeks. I think we're going back for more on Friday, and then again on the weekend.