A new experience

I have just returned from the Liverpool aquatics centre. It boasts a 50metre Olympic size swimming pool. I have been to the aquatic centre several times to try out the Olympic size pool,but on each visit it has been unavailable to the public.
Despite being a seasoned (but slow!!!) swimmer, I had never swum in a 50metre pool before. I usually swim half a mile at a time, and that equates to 32 lengths of the pools I usually swim in.
It was a strange feeling tonight ,swimming in a pool twice the length I am used to, and only having to swim sixteen lengths to achieve the same distance I normally swim. I seemed to have been in the pool ages, and yet I had only done around six lengths!! The psychology of it all takes a lot of getting used to. However, it was a fun time, and a very enjoyable and recommendable new experience.
With my change of shifts in work, I have had to adjust my exercise regime. From now on, I aim to swim in the Olympic size pool twice a week , as well as visits to the other gyms and pools I use around the city.