Bliss!

:-) As far as i remember, i havent been so happy in last n days. Might seem to be a childish post, but i want to write this one with all my heart!

I have never been a champion swimmer or anything. Infact, pretty ordinary one who can manage to stay alive if dropped anywhere! Have been trying to improve on my stamina, not that it is less, still swimming stamina is a lot different according to me as i have had a bit of experience in long distance running too.

So, as of 5 days back, before Saarang started, my state was that i could swim about 700 mtrs at max in one session at the pool. That too something like 100*7. I desperately wanted to improve it as i couldnt see the point in swimming 700 mtrs if i stop 6 times in between for catching up my breath! BTW, for non swimmers, 100 mtrs is a lot! And for pro swimmers, 100 mtrs is Nothing! I was midway so i guess 100 was fine! But just the day before i stopped swimming for Saarang, i swam 200 mtrs in a go 3 times. Also, totally i swam something like 800 mtrs that day. Was kind of happy but not happy as i am today! :-)

Today, i entered the pool, swam the first 2 laps very very peacefully and stopped. Stopped why? Well goggles gave up and there was water all inside them! Stopped. took some deep breaths, some standard breathing fundaes which i have learnt over the days, generally removed ear plugs and put them back, all arbit things! Hehe.. Then it all began! I checked my goggles properly and began swimming. This time i was determined to swim 200 mtrs in one go atleast, where i had stopped just before Saarang.

200 was over in no time, I was not feeling anything! Not a bit of tiredness, no paining of arms, no pain in legs, nothing! I decided to go for 300! 300 done too! Quite easily!
Then i was wondering inside the pool as to, what it should feel like to do a 500 at one go. The number which always interests me! Reason, well it is the distance which you need to swim in IITM Triathlon before going for cycling and running. Quite naturally, i decided to go for 500 after 300 was seeming negligible!

Ta, tada, ta, tada, ta... well i dont know how it is for other swimmers but this is the way my breath comes out inside water if i put some random sylables to the outcoming sound of bubbles! :-))
So, there i was singing this for myself and enjoying every single breath! Ta, tada, ta, tada, ta! This is something like 2.5 seconds btw (just to get the tempo right while reading)!
So, i was just singing and enjoying and i was not ready to stop at all! I was not feeling tired, i was not losing my breath, i was not feeling any pain, nothing!

Lap after lap i kept swimming after the first 300 was over. After 600, somewhere near the end of 600 rather, i thought, well this i 12 laps in a go! I am doing great! I will do another 2 and stop maybe. In all this i had not seen the time at all!!! Was kind of intereted in that too now! :D
After 700 i decided, well 750 is a nice number! 1.5 times the triathlon distance! :-) But, again as i was completing 750, 15 laps, i realised im on the other side of the pool! As in, odd number of laps! Lets not keep it odd, 1 more! Yup, 800 done! ALL IN ONE GO! WITHOUT A SINGLE STOP! 800 mtrs = somewhere close to 480 breaths inside the pool at my pace and rythm! :-)

Was feeling so nice and not tired that i could have done n more laps easily. But i wanetd to see the time desperately! So, finally stopped (kind of against what i could have done more) I see the Big Clock outside the pool and SURPRISE! I was expecting smoething like 25 mins or something. I was about 1.5 mins inside 20!!!! (well if i saw it right!)
Wonderful feeling! :-)

Then it was the routine 2 more laps very very slowly just to cool down the body and i returned a very happy person to the small pool! Floated there looking at the sky for about 3 minutes. Thought about the things going on in my life. Things which are good, things which are bad, things which are arbit! Everything! Actually wanted to do some leg strokes for free style but put ended up putting fundaes on Back Stroke to 4 guys who were completely short of Fundaes! Tought them how to do leg strokes for back stroke and i think around 6 i decided to pack.

The walk back to the hostel never has been so satisfying, never so fast (while coming from swimming) and never so proud! Was litereally dying to write this all down! Will call someone now just to talk and tell this! :-)

Is this what is called perfect state of happiness?! Is this what is called being indifferent to something which has happened at 5 15 AM on the same day! Is this what is called BEING YOURSELF!!! :-) :-) :-)