Femme de Fer à la Piscine

My Parisian Pool Adventures are going well - I've already been four times and stopped by Go Sport for a super-authentic one-piece Speedo bathing suit! (I was feeling a little nulle with my sports bra and bikini bottoms). I can't help but feel like I'm in training for Ironman, what will all the power walking, swimming and Velib biking I've been doing around town...

On Wednesday I swam for 35 minutes and then biked all the way home ... in the rain.  By the time I got to the four flights of stairs in my building my legs were on FIRE. I'm not sure if this means that I worked hard or that I am incredibly out of shape. Let's be honest, probably the latter.

Friday I went to la piscine again and then walked around town until things started to look blurry and I thought I was going to fall over. I stopped into Wanna Juice and got some Cocolocomango-arama smoothie thingy to get my blood sugar back up, then some water to hydrate. Then, because I was obviously losing my mind, I decided to bike home again.

When I got to our front door, Copain took one look at me and said - oh la la! Qu'est-ce qui t'arrive?!


I'm pretty sure I'm going to get in great shape this way (especially with the current Parisian heat and humidity levels) - I'll just sweat until the cows come home (not without intense swamp ass bien sur). I'm also going to start calling myself Femme de Fer.  Woman of Iron. carrement.

Copain-isms - Parisian Pool Adventure

Since learning that my dance injury actually caused a herniated disc I've been trying to think of exercise I can do without exacerbating the problem. My American colleague who also suffered an injury from running had recently taken up swimming as an alternative and invited me to try it out with him in a local Parisian pool.

Beyond the many thoughts I had about germs while I was there, it was actually a pretty great experience.  Granted, I stayed in the petit bain instead of venturing off into a big girl swimming lane, but hey, you have to start somewhere!

When I got home Copain asked me about my Parisian pool adventure (laughed at me for staying in the petit bain) and then asked me,

So how did you like using my googles?