Went for first o/w swim of the year tonight and, quite frankly, I was pants.
I've never been great, but I was beyond poor. Couldn't even keep my head in the water and ended up after 20 mins of trying to sort myself out doing 1 lap of the buoys (440) breaststroking like a tit with my head above water.
So the question is - How do I sort this?
Every time I out my head under, it felt like I was suffocating. This has always been an issue for me and I only learned to swim with my head going under last year. It hasn't reared its head again til now. I've merrily spent hours in the pool over winter getting my confidence up and it seems to have evaporated in one fell swoop.
I'm aware that I should MTFU - but that can't overcome the primal urge to live and not drown.... I have already dispatched a to myself.