ah yes…the diving.
11.13.09
Yesterday was a write off. I started diving classes on Wednesday. I am fully aware that this can qualify me as “crazy” or “insane” depending on your point of view.
Lesson one involved jumping into the 5m deep water. Off the side of the pool and off the springboard and if you were feeling particularly brave – and I was not – off the 3m platform.
I’ve mixed feelings about all this now. In part, it’s something I’ve wanted to do for ages – it’s almost a key reason that I’m a member of the NAC gym (swim only membership), and I’m not entirely sure. It might have something to do with a story I read when I was about 8 and I’m too old to do gymnastics or be a figure skater now. But I do a lot of watersports.
There is one minor issue. When I swim, I wear a nose clip to protect myself from godalmighty sinus problems shortly after swimming. I forgot to bring one on Wednesday which is unusual (there’s nearly always one in the swimming bag) but it’s academic. I’m pretty sure the instructor mentioned that I wouldn’t be wearing one because they fell off too easily while diving. This is an unholy mess for me because when I say that the most memorable feature of Wednesday’s diving lesson was the absolutely awful sinus problems I had afterwards, I am not joking. So much so that despite vague notions about the beauty and grace and all that of diving, I really don’t know if I’ll be able to continue with it if I have another episode like Wednesday night. Either that or I find a noseclip that’s tight enough to contend with the moment of impact. Otherwise I will definitely stop sooner rather than later.
I’d like to point out that this diving business is not scuba – I’ve already tried that one before (in public too), but artistic somersaulty stuff – well that’s the idea anyway.
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