Daily Swim 13 10 31+2 to 14 20 1 15

a blog in favour of the daily swim..? 13 10 31 


It was two weeks ago today that my wife and I went to visit these friends A-M and E at one of their two summer cottages maybe a 20 minute car journey away and since our return we have both been sick with ´flu. Hardly the common cold because this was associated with a cough, phlegm on the chest.. as opposed to beginning with a so-called runny nose etc etc..?

But the very first day it began to take a hold of me I decided I’d continue to go for my daily swim because in the past whenever I felt I had a cold coming on if I persevered and continued to visit the sea I noticed that the cold didn't always fully develop to become the two weeks of misery I used to associate with the common cold all those years before I began this daily swimming activity 09 8 19..?

And in the case of my wife she began by feeling really poorly pretty much from the outset too weak to go for her swim.. and unusual for her.. she sought medical attention like going to our local health centre to get the CRP test conducted.. to see whether she had a an inflammation with a view to deciding whether she needed a course of antibiotics or whether it was simply a virus..?  As her temperature soared and she became ever more weakened she returned to the health centre when they took a swab of the lining of her throat still undecided about the proper course of action..? And she with much more congestion and associated pain..?

Meanwhile I was developing all the classic systems of having a ´flu but without any of the pain, and as I continued to take my swim, water temperature 6 to 8 degrees varying as it does on a day-to-day basis depending on wind direction and strength I found my body was continuing to accept the activity.. and if anything I was feeling more refreshed than usual immediately following the swim in the seconds after leaving the water when the release of endorphin and the other feel-good chemicals maybe cause the body to turn this bright pink colour..! Like some form of hitherto unknown magic at work..?


Is that it then..? That’s it, only to add that I know from the news that many Russian people engage in this daily swimming activity round the year and that recently I have had quite a few blog hits not only from Russia but from the Ukraine..? in addition to the USA.. China and many more countries.. so feel this blog may also be instrumental in reaching some parts where a wider audience may appreciate what I have to say..? something which only 5 years ago I myself would have pooh-poohed as nonsensical..?
Pics from 13 11 1 still going strong feeling better and better: Have a good month of November everybody..? 

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