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I just dont "get" swimming, it seems to be something that my body just doesn't want to do. I have spent years trying to figure out how to tread water, looked up various techniques but forget it. I just sink. Front crawl kills me after a few strokes, I cant keep my head out fo the water at all.
After some perseverence I managed to get a reasonable breast stroke going on where I could do lengths of a pool without drowning.
I went to the dorset coast this weekend and tried to swim in the sea as people have raved at me at how the seawater is easier to float in. But fuck me, it just didnt work.Waves smashing over head made it impossible to breathe, and of course I can only swim 10-15 metres at a time in ideal conditions anyway.
I went to a place called durdle door:
Was absolutely stunning. Saw loads of average folk, including a gang of chic fixie skidder types who had carried their bikes right up the massive hill and down precarious steps to the beach and were all jumping right into the cold deep water and swimming all the way to and around the door.
It looked fucking amazing, and I was in awe and extreme envy. I just dont get how the ability to swim so well is totally normal and average, while for people like me it seems totally superhuman.