Anyone else drink pool water?

Originally posted by the texillectual Yuck! No matter how hard I try to avoid it I can't keep from drinking pool water when I breath during freestyle. I breath on both sides although I'm much more natural at breathing on the left side (I'm right handed). I'm going to go against what most people will say, breath on your left side then. I can not breath on my right side no matter how hard I try. If you find it more natural then don't fight it. Also, how many yards are in a mile? How many laps in a mile? If you push off the wall hard and glide for a three or four body lengths, do you subtract this distance when calculating yardage? There are 1760 yards in a mile, or 70.4 laps. No one I know would subtract glides from their workout.

Originally posted by the texillectual Yuck! No matter how hard I try to avoid it I can't keep from drinking pool water when I breath during freestyle. I breath on both sides although I'm much more natural at breathing on the left side (I'm right handed). I'm going to go against what most people will say, breath on your left side then. I can not breath on my right side no matter how hard I try. If you find it more natural then don't fight it. Also, how many yards are in a mile? How many laps in a mile? If you push off the wall hard and glide for a three or four body lengths, do you subtract this distance when calculating yardage? There are 1760 yards in a mile, or 70.4 laps. No one I know would subtract glides from their workout.