It's always easier...

So, ok, swimming 1000m two mornings running may have been a bit ambitious of me. 
Still, I had not expected to struggle from 150m out...  I didn't really want to throw in the towel and do less than the day before, but as time and metres of pool passed slowly, that looked increasingly likely.  Until a voice said:  "Gosh it's hard today!  How many more?"

It was a lady I'd met yesterday.  We'd chatted during the post workout whirlpool bliss session and this morning she was matching me for 40 lengths of pool.  We had 26 to go, we were both fighting yesterday's fatigue... but with a grin and the odd comment we pushed each other to the 1000 meters.

The whirlpool after felt glorious (not sure why I had not tried it after swimming until yesterday).  And now I'm hoping to repeat yesterday's blissed out state, which had my mind so totally quiet and focussed that I got a huge load of work out of the way.
More of the same, please...