Another day of swimming

So, today was day two with my new stroke improvements in place. I think I'm getting the hang of it. It feels weird, but it does feel exactly as the swim coach described it should feel. While still not fast, my times were consistent throughout the workout and I don't feel so spent after.

But, of course, one of the other friendly swimmers said after practice, "Can I give you some advice on your stroke?" I really appreciate that they care enough about me to watch my stroke and give me pointers, but I felt like crying (and almost did). I explained that I had just had a lesson and was working on some stroke changes. She told me I should probably just concentrate on those changes and not worry about her advice. I still wanted to know it, so she told me that I don't rotate enough. I'll have to set up another swim lesson in a few weeks to ask about how to incorporate that change along with the others. In the meantime, I'll work on the original changes.

The friendly swimmer told me that she constantly makes changes in her stroke and she's been swimming her whole life. It did make me feel better. I promise I won't cry over swimming. I'm still proud that I can swim at all given my extremely late start at learning it just 4.5 short years ago.