Well, last night marked my first "real" swim practice. By real, I mean where I actually got down and dirty with the event I plan on rocking once again (butterfly for those not in the loop). While I haven't done a proper fly based workout in over 10 years, it was nice that the rhythm of the whole thing came back fairly quick. Even the speed in the power part of the stroke felt like it did back in the day (funny how I remember that). In fact, it seems swimming is not _all_ that unlike riding a bike. Sort of.
Now having said that, it's pretty obvious I'm a long ways from where I need to be. For those who haven't done, fly is by far the most physically taxing stroke. This is not a big deal to somebody who's been doing it for awhile, but when its been 10+ years since you've trained, and in that time, you've been putting a constant diet of beer, pizza, burritos and cheeseburgers in your body, well, you feel it.
Good way to start off though. I'll be in San Francisco next week, so I'll have to come back to this, but I'm off to a promising start.
On an aside, the pool we were in is VERY heavy on the chlorine. Two showers later and I still smell like a jug of bleach. I give my hair a month until it becomes a strange blonde/reddish ting.