I used to swim pretty intensely every other day and I remember it being hard exercise but I loved it and never found it boring: you just get into this flow and

I used to swim pretty intensely every other day and I remember it being hard exercise but I loved it and never found it boring: you just get into this flow and forget about everything but the water. Frankly, the hardest part was getting out of the house and just going and getting in the water (especially on cold winter days) but after that it was almost automatic.