Today to switch it up I decided instead of running I was going to go for a swim and the Ben Gurion pool complex at the beach. It’s kind of expensive to get in, even with the student discount it was 50 shekels (~$13.50) but I wanted to swim.
This however presented a dilemma. The pool is about 1.5 miles from my apartment. I could wear normal clothes and change there or just make the trek wearing pool clothes. I decided that I couldn’t be bothered to find the locker room and pack a change of clothes so I made the trek wearing a swimsuit. Haha it was awesome.
The swim was great. It’s advertised as “salty, mineral groundwater” and it delivered. It was a little like swimming in the ocean except with clear water and no waves. I swam my normal workout for about two hours then decided to relax with some breast-stroke. I could not do it. It was impossible in the salty water. Haha I just could not get the rhythm right because I usually glide a little bit under water on every stroke but no matter how deeply I angled on entry I’d just bounce back to the surface every stinking time. So that ended that brief experiment.
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