Are the bane of my existance as a solo swimmer. Granted, the class only meets for 1 day out of the 4 days I swim per week. Granted, during my 3,500-4,000yd workout they're only present for about 2-2,500 of it. BUT STILL I can't stand them! And unfortunately the only time I'm able to swim on that particular day is the time during that class. It's like swimming in lake michigan. Sigh. Is anyone else as frustrated as I am?
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Maybe there was no lifeguard on duty. At a few of the places I swim at they only have guards during family swim...but then I don't think they allow unsupervised kids around the pool if there arn't guards. Hmm. Yeah I'd be pretty upset if kids stole my lane for that purpose. The problem is if you're doing a set with things like 50's/100's made up of "swim xx slow, xx fast" or a set of 75s or anything that's a little bit funky, the kids might think they know your speed to time their start but arn't aware that this next lap you're going to be going for time, hah.
Except...the pools I swim in either don't have blocks or have them covered up and the general public can't use them (probably a good idea..).
Uh...
I haven't done a start off a block in 5 years.
Hmm....oops. How do I break that one to my school's coach? heheh
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Maybe there was no lifeguard on duty. At a few of the places I swim at they only have guards during family swim...but then I don't think they allow unsupervised kids around the pool if there arn't guards. Hmm. Yeah I'd be pretty upset if kids stole my lane for that purpose. The problem is if you're doing a set with things like 50's/100's made up of "swim xx slow, xx fast" or a set of 75s or anything that's a little bit funky, the kids might think they know your speed to time their start but arn't aware that this next lap you're going to be going for time, hah.
Except...the pools I swim in either don't have blocks or have them covered up and the general public can't use them (probably a good idea..).
Uh...
I haven't done a start off a block in 5 years.
Hmm....oops. How do I break that one to my school's coach? heheh
