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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Doug, you mentioned problems with your skin drying out and cracking.
I get cracks in my skin all the time in dry weather, without going near the water. What works for me is to put a little superglue over the crack. It's sometimes tricky not to get too much on there, and I need to reapply it every couple of days, but it really makes the hands feel better.
My-brother-the-med-school-faculty-member says this is the same stuff they would charge you $??? for in a hospital.
Tom
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Doug, you mentioned problems with your skin drying out and cracking.
I get cracks in my skin all the time in dry weather, without going near the water. What works for me is to put a little superglue over the crack. It's sometimes tricky not to get too much on there, and I need to reapply it every couple of days, but it really makes the hands feel better.
My-brother-the-med-school-faculty-member says this is the same stuff they would charge you $??? for in a hospital.
Tom
