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How a journalist learned to love swimming after 50 years of avoiding it
A lifelong aversion to swimming Ian Johnston, a journalist for The Scotsman, had always hated swimming. He described it as his sporting equivalent of “boiled carrots” - something he would avoid as much as possible. He had never learned to swim properly as a child, and felt uncomfortable and insecure in the water. He dreaded the school swimming lessons, where he would cling to the side of the pool or use a float to stay afloat. He also disliked the cold, the chlorine, and the changing rooms. He had no interest in swimming as a leisure activity or a form of…