The walkers combined with the slow leisure breast-strokers.....did a New Year's Day swim, 2009 Open yds. Two of us decided to just break it into 20x100 on 2:00 - easy and low-key with both of us finishing around 1:20 or so. About 4 - 6 people/lane, all getting along well. This lady in our lane, swimming excruciatingly slow, breaststroke, backstroke (all over the lane) ignoring the lifeguard who had been trying to get her attention since before we started. I keep incessantly dragging on the lady's feet and going around her whenever I could (because of course she wasn't stopping at the wall - even if I had practically pulled her toes off). She just didn't get the picture.....I finally pushed off on a flipturn and actually swam under her, popped up right in front and kept going. She then yelled at the lifeguard for not getting her attention and telling her to move. She stomped off all angry and huffy. So the last 8 100's were smooth and friendly. I haven't seen her at the pool since.
The lifeguard just laughed, she had hit the lady on the head with her bouy 3 times...how do you NOT notice that?
And I love the guys that will turn themselves inside out to beat or keep up with the chick. Give it up, you're hurting yourself and she's just faster.
Or whining, can't we make it shorter or easier guy at Master's practice. Can we use fins? Or can we just do a 25 w/o boards? Or can we have an extra 5 seconds to make the interval even? You have a coach telling you when to go....quit it.
My favorite are the people that have no concept of swimming - the ones that look at everyone afterwards and say "You're a fantastic swimmer!" That just makes everyone feel good. And when they swim with you it helps them, too.
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The lifeguard just laughed, she had hit the lady on the head with her bouy 3 times...how do you NOT notice that?
And I love the guys that will turn themselves inside out to beat or keep up with the chick. Give it up, you're hurting yourself and she's just faster.
Or whining, can't we make it shorter or easier guy at Master's practice. Can we use fins? Or can we just do a 25 w/o boards? Or can we have an extra 5 seconds to make the interval even? You have a coach telling you when to go....quit it.
My favorite are the people that have no concept of swimming - the ones that look at everyone afterwards and say "You're a fantastic swimmer!" That just makes everyone feel good. And when they swim with you it helps them, too.
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