london1967 | Swimming

Some of you may recall that at the end of January I took up swimming and that it was quite a struggle.
I have had so far 12 non-individual lessons (I signed up for the course at the Central YMCA again in April).

Well now after almost 4 months, I can do breaststroke and back crawl (and according to the instructor, my back crawl is excellent. My secret is that I picture myself lying flat on my back in bed! LOL)

Sadly, front crawl keeps eluding me.
It requires just too much co-ordination for me and I haven't mastered the breathing technique at all.

But perhaps it's not entirely my fault, according to Wikipedia.

The front crawl has been in use since ancient times. In the Western world, the front crawl was first seen in a swimming race held in 1844 in London, where it was swum by Native North Americans, who easily defeated all the British breaststroke swimmers. However, the English gentlemen considered this style, with its considerable splashing, to be barbarically "un-European". The British continued to swim only the breaststroke in competition.

Perhaps I'm just too European! LOL!

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In other somewhat sport-related news, today they announced at work that during the Olympics we'll be working revised hours starting at 7:30 am instead than 9 am.
This is because it's going to be very busy on public transport at peak times.
Knowing how fragile the transport system is, I expect nothing less than a meltdown!