FOR THE SUMMER I'M IN MY TRAILER IN A FRIEND'S YARD, IN THE LITTLE TOWN NEXT TO CALGARY CALLED COCHRANE.
SO FOR THE SUMMER I'M SWIMMING AT THE COCHRANE INDOOR POOL - 25 METRES LONG.
TUESDAY [TODAY] IT IS "SENIOR" [65 PLUS] SWIM FROM NOON TO 1 PM.
I HAD JUST DONE A FAST BREAST-STROKE SWIM OF ONE LENGTH; STOPPING AT THE SHALLOW END. THIS LADY I'D NEVER SEEN BEFORE, AND HER NEVER SEEING ME, SAID, "WOW, YOU SWIM LIKE A 40 YEAR OLD!"
I REPLIED, "WELL THANKS, I WAS THE HIGH SCHOOL BREAK-STROKE CHAMPION; AND I KEEP MYSELF FIT."
"OH, SO YOU'RE NOT GOOD AT THE CRAWL STROKE?"
"NO, NEVER WAS GOOD AT IT" WAS MY REPLY.
SHE SMILED..... THE CRAWL STROKE WAS HER STROKE, AND THE WAY SHE DID IT, I'D BET SHE WAS SUPER FAST IN HER TEENS AND 20s.
SO KEEPING TRIM AND REGULAR, VARIOUS EXERCISES, GIVING YOURSELF VARIETY, PAYS OFF.
NOW I DO HAVE TO WORK AT KEEPING TRIM, KEEPING WEIGHT OFF; THEY SAY FOR MOST PEOPLE 65 AND OVER THAT IS THE CASE.... WORKING AT IT, AS THE OLDER WE GET THE EASIER IT IS TO PUT ON WEIGHT. AND PROBABLY SO TO SOME DEGREE, BECAUSE OLDER PEOPLE DO NOT EXERCISE ENOUGH AND WATCH THEIR DIET, SO ON GO THE POUNDS.
YES FOR MOST OVER 65 IT DOES TAKE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO KEEP TRIM AND BE FIT.
BUT IT IS SURE WORTH THE EFFORT; I JUST DO NOT THINK OF MYSELF AS "OLD."
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