Valuable swim lesson
aoneill69
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in General Chat
after weeks of decent swiming sessions, observing all the rules, thought i was lucky never to meet one of those much talked about swim nemesis.....however one struck me today..usual 4 people doing laps at lunchtime and i slotted in nicely
In 'dives!' this old dear touching 70..bright green top and yellow hat...starts swimming up and down in the lanes in the style of a frog having been run over....made it impossible to judge tempo etc...
I even turned round half way down a length to give myself some clear water....however think she was waiting for me... I push off hard on next turn, swim down middle and 'try' to pass her...going past her she seems to do some crazy flip onto her front and motors off leaving me for dust...then flips back over.. legs/arms covering all the water.... completely threw me...cue breathing all over the place, spluttering...got mad at myself...and bailed out under ropes to continue some decent lenghts whilst telling myself to calm down......i reckon the lesson learnt is careful how much effort is needed to pass these folks and if i had carried on at normal pace how much time would i have really lost?....good checkpoint or my 1st tri in just over weeks time...(of course when i am more experienced i can just run her over!)
In 'dives!' this old dear touching 70..bright green top and yellow hat...starts swimming up and down in the lanes in the style of a frog having been run over....made it impossible to judge tempo etc...
I even turned round half way down a length to give myself some clear water....however think she was waiting for me... I push off hard on next turn, swim down middle and 'try' to pass her...going past her she seems to do some crazy flip onto her front and motors off leaving me for dust...then flips back over.. legs/arms covering all the water.... completely threw me...cue breathing all over the place, spluttering...got mad at myself...and bailed out under ropes to continue some decent lenghts whilst telling myself to calm down......i reckon the lesson learnt is careful how much effort is needed to pass these folks and if i had carried on at normal pace how much time would i have really lost?....good checkpoint or my 1st tri in just over weeks time...(of course when i am more experienced i can just run her over!)
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Great post!
I was practically mounting the poor folk on the swim just to tap them.... I decided not to tap the knee but the ankles.....
there are times i've taken to tapping feet on training swims if the people in my lane are being 'mrs brady old lady'