Made it to the pool today, seemed like the usual thing, nothing out of the ordinary really. Got in and started doing my planned workout, but partway through it as I was doing a series of consecutive laps, I kinda lost it - some odd feeling of anxiety crept its way into my mind. All of a sudden, the pool became the size of the ocean and depth of the sea. Irrational fears washed over me... Will I be stranded in the middle of the pool? Can I make it back to the edge of the pool?
Up until that point my form was fine and my split times were reasonable, I just simply had to stop. My mind got the best of me. So I did stop. Hung off the side edge of the pool for a little bit and was finally able to regroup, putting the fears out of my mind... Grabbed the pull buoy and on the next even minute of the clock at the pool, continued with my workout and rattled off a longer series of consecutive laps.
I still don't know what happened there. I was in a nice pool with calm waters and a lane all to myself. I can only hope this doesn't happen during my next visit.
Went out for a 7 mile run later in the evening, after the heat subsided slightly; kept my average heart rate below 150.
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