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). Is it common for anyone else to drink pool water? How can I avoid this during salt water swims? I try to focus on rotating my body for each arm pull; am I not rotating enough?
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?
Originally posted by Shaky
Something I've wondered about...
Since the measure of distance for navigation in the water is the nautical mile, why do we use statute miles to measure swimming?
"A nautical mile is 1,852 meters, or 1.852 kilometers. In the English measurement system, a nautical mile is 1.1508 miles, or 6,076 feet."
I, for one, am happy not to be swimming an additional 350 meters. :D
Originally posted by Shaky
Something I've wondered about...
Since the measure of distance for navigation in the water is the nautical mile, why do we use statute miles to measure swimming?
"A nautical mile is 1,852 meters, or 1.852 kilometers. In the English measurement system, a nautical mile is 1.1508 miles, or 6,076 feet."
I, for one, am happy not to be swimming an additional 350 meters. :D
