I'm a newbie and just had my first practice yesterday sharing the lane with other swimmers. There were five of us, and it was horrible. I could barely get across one length of the pool and I actually panicked because I've never swum with others in the lane, certainly not four or five other people, and I was afraid of hitting or being hit. I stayed close to the rope, so much that I hit it a few times. Now I'm thinking, should I have joined this program? Am I one of those people who just prefers to swim alone? It was pretty scary.
I know those of you who do this all the time probably think, pffffft. No biggie. But I've never been so tense in the pool and when I swim on my own, I'm fine, do lots of laps for about an hour with very few breaks, so I know it's not my skill level. But I don't even know if I want to go back to a practice. I got bumped a few times, bumped into someone else, and basically made a fool of myself.
I also noticed that certain people displace the water an awful lot, and that was a new sensation.
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Hey Elaine, we've chatted about MN before. :) It stinks big time. Had to stop running, which is my REAL LOVE (especially because I can run anywhere, anytime, and it curbed my appetite - after a swim I am ravishing with hunger!) because I had a terrifying vertigo attack while running. I was flattened for 24 hours, unable to move a muscle. I was terrified - I didn't know what happened, all I know is that I had no idea if it would ever stop. Having run for 30+ years, you can imagine how bad it was for me to quit cold turkey. I've learned to plan my swim workouts around my inner ear disorder. (have had several different diagnoses from Menieres to Labrynthitis to Vestibular Neuritis) No flip turns, and sets of 150 of each stroke rather than 1000 yards of back, *** or free. It works for me, I swim 10+ miles a week and for now, the only complaint I have is occasional motion sickness.
Denise, welcome to the Meniere's club. If you want to PM me, there are some excellent forums for us Meniere's sufferers. Don't give up. Swimming rocks! (no pun intended!)
Hey Elaine, we've chatted about MN before. :) It stinks big time. Had to stop running, which is my REAL LOVE (especially because I can run anywhere, anytime, and it curbed my appetite - after a swim I am ravishing with hunger!) because I had a terrifying vertigo attack while running. I was flattened for 24 hours, unable to move a muscle. I was terrified - I didn't know what happened, all I know is that I had no idea if it would ever stop. Having run for 30+ years, you can imagine how bad it was for me to quit cold turkey. I've learned to plan my swim workouts around my inner ear disorder. (have had several different diagnoses from Menieres to Labrynthitis to Vestibular Neuritis) No flip turns, and sets of 150 of each stroke rather than 1000 yards of back, *** or free. It works for me, I swim 10+ miles a week and for now, the only complaint I have is occasional motion sickness.
Denise, welcome to the Meniere's club. If you want to PM me, there are some excellent forums for us Meniere's sufferers. Don't give up. Swimming rocks! (no pun intended!)
