What is the craziest thing you do to get your swims in? Here is mine: I work tonight from 7 pm to 5 am, THEN I head to the pool for an hour and 15 minutes of swimming. Granted its not the highest quality practice in my week, but with working four ten hour shifts every week I have to swim somewhere during my work week, and that is when it fits in on this shift. My husband just shakes his head says "Whatever honey" as he won't miss me at that hour!
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That's nothing. Try having to DEPEND on others to TAKE you to the pool because of poor eyesight.
Once, last summer, (right when I started swimming again, before joining Masters Swimming) I practically rushed through my day to get some pool time.
I got ready for work, arrived to work on time to finish my shift early enough to have time for swimmming. Unfortunately, the public transportation system here in town is deplorable. My scheduled pick-up was for 12:00 p.m. Unbeknownst to me, the city transit system decided to play a little joke with me and cancel that trip home. So, for an hour-and-a-half, I was at my work, hungry, no lunch and waiting for someone nice enough to give me a ride home. Needless to say, I had to FORCE one of our admins to have someone send me home.
When I got home, (Close to two o'clock that afternoon) I darted into my room to get my swim bag and things ready. However, my mother had different plans and decided that I came home too late to even get in a decent lap. Needless to say, I displayed to her that it wasn't my fault. After realizing this, I got into my speedo, and my mother took me to the nearby aquatics center. By the time I got there, there wasn't an open lane to swim in (all them age-groupers took the all the lanes) and I had to speak to the aquatic center staff to open up a lane for me. fifteen minutes later, and without a moment to spare, I jumped into the pool and had thirty minutes of swimming. It's times like this where I wished I wasn't vision impaired.
Fortunately, ever since I joined my Masters Team, I go to the pool as many chances as I can thanks to public transportation. Going to the University Pool is FAR better than having to BEG a family member to take me to the nearby aquatic center. Sure, the University Pool is a thirty-minute trip from my house, but I'd rather sit in a small bus for thirty minutes than endure a five minute trip, hearing them complaining about my swimming.
Hey, a Swimmer's gotta swim in order to be CALLED a Swimmer, don't you think?
That's nothing. Try having to DEPEND on others to TAKE you to the pool because of poor eyesight.
Once, last summer, (right when I started swimming again, before joining Masters Swimming) I practically rushed through my day to get some pool time.
I got ready for work, arrived to work on time to finish my shift early enough to have time for swimmming. Unfortunately, the public transportation system here in town is deplorable. My scheduled pick-up was for 12:00 p.m. Unbeknownst to me, the city transit system decided to play a little joke with me and cancel that trip home. So, for an hour-and-a-half, I was at my work, hungry, no lunch and waiting for someone nice enough to give me a ride home. Needless to say, I had to FORCE one of our admins to have someone send me home.
When I got home, (Close to two o'clock that afternoon) I darted into my room to get my swim bag and things ready. However, my mother had different plans and decided that I came home too late to even get in a decent lap. Needless to say, I displayed to her that it wasn't my fault. After realizing this, I got into my speedo, and my mother took me to the nearby aquatics center. By the time I got there, there wasn't an open lane to swim in (all them age-groupers took the all the lanes) and I had to speak to the aquatic center staff to open up a lane for me. fifteen minutes later, and without a moment to spare, I jumped into the pool and had thirty minutes of swimming. It's times like this where I wished I wasn't vision impaired.
Fortunately, ever since I joined my Masters Team, I go to the pool as many chances as I can thanks to public transportation. Going to the University Pool is FAR better than having to BEG a family member to take me to the nearby aquatic center. Sure, the University Pool is a thirty-minute trip from my house, but I'd rather sit in a small bus for thirty minutes than endure a five minute trip, hearing them complaining about my swimming.
Hey, a Swimmer's gotta swim in order to be CALLED a Swimmer, don't you think?
