here you go, the thread you've been waiting for
SWIM RANT
RANT to your hearts content about aspects of
SWIMMING and SWIMMERS that bug YOU
I encourage you to be good natured and hilarious
you may find it cathartic
Ande
Parents
Former Member
Thanks all for your advice. I'm taking the path of least resistance by just getting out of there and never coming back. There's a great facility with two 50m pools (one indoor, one outdoor) a little further away - I did not consider it seriously before as I only took up swimming a few months ago and at the time the indoor pool was heavily booked out (it still is, most days) and I thought I'd be too much of a wimp to swim in the outdoor pool. I also thought I would lift regularly (hence the gym membership), but that didn't happen - weight lifting makes me too tired and I tend to skip swimming, which is not a good thing.
Now that I've learned my lesson, I'm slowly migrating to this new pool complex, swimming there once a week. They've got a great casual rate and it will be cheaper swimming there in the long term. The current weather also does a world of good to my underwater dolphin kick, as I tend to practice it as much as I can when I'm swimming in the new outdoor pool, as it's mid-winter here in Melbourne and limbs sticking out above water immediately freeze :).
Thanks all for your advice. I'm taking the path of least resistance by just getting out of there and never coming back. There's a great facility with two 50m pools (one indoor, one outdoor) a little further away - I did not consider it seriously before as I only took up swimming a few months ago and at the time the indoor pool was heavily booked out (it still is, most days) and I thought I'd be too much of a wimp to swim in the outdoor pool. I also thought I would lift regularly (hence the gym membership), but that didn't happen - weight lifting makes me too tired and I tend to skip swimming, which is not a good thing.
Now that I've learned my lesson, I'm slowly migrating to this new pool complex, swimming there once a week. They've got a great casual rate and it will be cheaper swimming there in the long term. The current weather also does a world of good to my underwater dolphin kick, as I tend to practice it as much as I can when I'm swimming in the new outdoor pool, as it's mid-winter here in Melbourne and limbs sticking out above water immediately freeze :).
