My teammates and I were discussing the following apparently inane topic, and I thought it would make a good poll question. To wit, during practices, which of the following apply to you:
1) I swim with my eyes open pretty much all the time, except for regular blinks.
2) I close my eyes when my head is underwater, but open them during breaths.
3) I close my eyes during breaths, but open them when my head is under water to make sure I am not wandering off track.
4) I close my eyes much of the time on each length, and try to remember to open them before crashing into the wall.
Note: just realized I don't exactly know how to format this as a poll. If anyone else does, please feel free to do so--or send me a note about how to do it myself.
BTW, I often swim with my eyes shut; not quite sure why, other than swimming practice seems to induce a mild level of narcolepsy in me. Or perhaps it is a reflex action from the pre-goggle days when closing your eyes during practice was necessary to keep your corneas from being eroded by chlorine.
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Has anyone purchased new goggles, put them on, see just fine OUT of the water...THEN...when you get IN the water everything is blurred?
Ok Mark, let me head you off at the pass, I did remove the tiny piece of plastic wrap that protests the goggles in shipping.
All kidding aside, I purchased new goggles last year and had to toss them because while in the water everything was blurred, but clear as a bell out of the water.
Kindest regards,
Tom Ellison
Tom: You are not optically challenged. I too have bought goggles that were clear out of the water only to blur when wet. Strangely enough, my eyes adjust after a couple of laps. Conversely I have goggles that blur out of the water and are perfectly fine when swimming. The optical properties of water definitely cause some distortion.
Hi there everyone!
First and only question to ask my good friend Tom: Did you try wearing them in the front? (See, you didn't completely close off the pass. :D) Now, seriously, I wonder if his question has something to do with how the eyepieces fit around the eyes. Betcha there's a sensitivity (tightness) for some folks here which relates the blurred vision.
Regarding mineral oil in the eyes to relieve burning and stinging from chlorine, I'd be concerned about not using something sterile. (Remember the long thread on the old forums about spitting on the inside of the goggles to keep 'em from fogigng?) There are plenty of over-the-counter artificial tears and ocular lubricants that help. Just ask anyone who has to wear contact lenses, we know 'em all.
'Nuff said. 'Bye for now.
Mark
Thank you for the advice to wear them up front Mark...I knew I could count on my Masters buddies to solve this problem for me...Like I've said many times before.."They don't call us Jar Heads for nothing. :D
