here's a pleasant one. Swimming the other day. outdoor pool. I was the only one in the pool at that time. I hear a splash. Look over and there's a dog swimming in a lane. Owner then got in for a few minutes. I told owner his dog was probably faster than me. I think they were just jumping in to cool off.

You've never been a guy to clean pool filters, right?
It's no so pleasant with all of the hair; and many dogs have more oils to put into the water.

Still, sounds like everyone had fun.

Doggy swim is supposed to be at the end of the season.

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It's easy to make excuses, but excuses don't make champions.

Yes, same here! If we started swimming faster we might have to learn to sight. This way I just follow the crowd in front of me.

Today me, two local elites tris, a swim coach, and two masters swimmers were joined in our lane by a dude who looked just like Ninja from Die Antwood. Chains, shorts and all. And he kept up!

http://images.nymag.com/...antwoord_250x375.jpg

Jealous. Me today: 2 clueless kids, 3 floating round people, and a few folks cooling off. In the clearly marked 50m "Fast" lane of 50m x 25y pool. At 102 degrees. Good day to practice butterfly with fins. Whap.

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Hillary Trout
San Luis Obispo, CA

Your trip is short. Make the most of it.
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I have become that guy since my local ymca has had lockers get broken into. I was there once day when I guy came back from his workout to find his lock cut , locker tossed , phone, wallet and car keys gone. I am however very respectful of my space and put the small bag ( transition backpack bag) in a corner where I can see it, I don't spread all my stuff out all over the bench or table. A number of the other regular swimmers have begun to do the same at my pool. Sad but necessary.

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I feel like I've become a strange denizen of the pool with my gear bag. I have my gear bag with all my toys which I don't use every workout but it probably looks ridiculous to have them all. I'm sure people see me and think "oh geez. stupid triathlete"

I almost became a Strange Denizen of the Locker Room today!

After my swim at a pool I just started going to regularly, I noticed a curtained-off corner of the locker room. I assumed it was a changing area and started to strip down. Then I noticed the door to the parking lot in this "changing room."

I quickly realized that this was another entry to the locker room and the curtain wasn't there to provide a changing area, but to protect locker room-goers from flashing the parking lot when people enter from that door! It would have been quite the show. (I moved.)

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So, I'm still new enough to swimming that this may be a magical "make you go faster permanently" drill rather than a "Strange Denizen", but: today the guy swimming in the lane next to me spent most of the workout swimming with a pull buoy shoved halfway down the front of his jammers.

All I know is that I will be purchasing my own pull buoy ASAP and not using the communal ones again.

The other day a rather large guy was sitting on one of the pool deck chairs trimming his toe nails.. Really, you don't have time to do it at home??

I normally hold the communal pull buoy in my mouth. Should I not do that?

Not unless you're a Labrador retriever. Even then, not after what I saw today.

Woman who swims to the T then stops, stands up, and turns around before swimming back, never touching the walls.

The communal wall? I wouldn't touch it either.

My first rule of social interaction: never engage publicly in any personal grooming that can wait until you get home.

Found via the DCRainMaker week in review: http://www.dcrainmaker.com/...wjuly-10th-2016.html

I think many of the folk described in the previous pages can be found in this photo... where's waldo style:

After being a runner her whole life (and holding an U/9 long jump record for 40 years!), my wife has been swimming with me for the past few months (awesome!).
She mentioned to me the other day that a man was ducking down under the water for lengthy periods of time as she was approaching the wall. After she mentioned it to me, I remembered seeing him do it, but was unaware of where she was at the time (different lanes).
I have a fair idea what he was doing...

I've been that guy a few times and never thought about it being creepy! I've been working pretty hard on refining my stroke this year and will often pop my head under water during a rest interval to watch someone's stroke, in particular those who are faster than me. I guess it depends on whether or not you want to give the guy the benefit of the doubt :)

Old man doing backstroke while having a toothpick in his mouth the whole time.

But that is the only time when toenails are soft enough to clip without busting out a hacksaw... ew.

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Hillary Trout
San Luis Obispo, CA

Your trip is short. Make the most of it.
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There was a passel of denizens at the pool tonight.

As I was about to hop in I overheard someone say, "The pool is about 70% urine." Horrified, I almost called off my swim, but... I figured it was probably true whether I'd heard it or not.

Then I'm swimming along, minding my own business and some young guy swims UNDER me. I scream under water and pop up to yell at him, "You scared the shit out of me!" At least he apologized.

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Isn't the 70% urine a South Park episode?

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Swim. Overbike. Walk.

Haha - it could be!

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I ended up sharing a lane with a college swimmer a couple of weeks ago. He waved while swimming under me at a turn... while using a pull buoy.