Does anyone know of a lightweight glove that can be worn while swimming? Something like thin cotton gloves, but a material that won't absorb water and be difficult to remove.
When sharing a lane with someone who takes up a lot of room I try to stay close to the lane line out of self-preservation. Occasionally I hit my knuckles on the line, so I usually have a few skinned spots on my hands. I figured gloves might help. So would swimming in a straighter line, but that gets messed up by the other guy's wake.;)
Does anybody else run into this problem?
Tom
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Well, as promised, I did wear three latex gloves on each hand in today's swim. It worked like a charm! I deliberately contacted the lane lines in all kind of ways, ahead, behind, butterfly, back, and crawl strokes, both open handed and with fists. I counted each lane line contact I made, nearly every stroke on that side, totaling over a hundred and it never did hurt at all. Try as I might, I couldn't make contact while swimming breaststroke, however. Tomorrow I'm going to try it with just one glove on each hand. Incidentally, pure corn starch baby powder is the thing for both drying and lubrication if you want to reuse them.
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Former Member
Well, as promised, I did wear three latex gloves on each hand in today's swim. It worked like a charm! I deliberately contacted the lane lines in all kind of ways, ahead, behind, butterfly, back, and crawl strokes, both open handed and with fists. I counted each lane line contact I made, nearly every stroke on that side, totaling over a hundred and it never did hurt at all. Try as I might, I couldn't make contact while swimming breaststroke, however. Tomorrow I'm going to try it with just one glove on each hand. Incidentally, pure corn starch baby powder is the thing for both drying and lubrication if you want to reuse them.
