Swim Rant

Wouldn't that be 'crankier'? Or maybe 'crankiest'? Ha....beat me to it....:D

Dream on, Hulk. You haven't even broken the 9:00 minute mile barrier yet. I have a nice 4.5-5 mile loop I do ... feel free to join. :agree: Ah come on even I can do 1 mile

I feel an aquathlon gridge coming up ... Sprint Classic. We do our events, do the 25s, go on a 5 mile run before dinner, then drink those Yeunglings you love. :lolup: We know Hulk can't keep up in the beer department. So you and I can carry on with the fourth part of the gridge. :) Yeah, and now I'm qualified to perform CPR, if Hulk falls down and makes a crater in the road I can revive him! :rofl:

...I mean, I was ticked the other day when I was circle swimming in the "Fast" lane (I belong to a different gym now) with 2 women who really should not have been in the Fast lane at all. But it would have never occurred to me to kick one of them to get them out of the lane. The only time I've ever been deliberately kicked by another swimmer, it was a woman who was doing a s_l_o_w head-up *** stroke in the "medium" lane a few years ago, forcing all of us to pass her at least every ten minutes. Every time I passed her, I felt a sharp blow to the ribs. After the third time, I decided to work on my butterfly. She was gone two laps later. Works every time, it's the best stroke for getting rid of really obnoxious lane mates. :laugh2:

I feel an aquathlon gridge coming up ... Sprint Classic. We do our events, do the 25s, go on a 5 mile run before dinner, then drink those Yeunglings you love. :lolup: We know Hulk can't keep up in the beer department. So you and I can carry on with the fourth part of the gridge. :) I don't think a 5 mile run qualifies as a sprint. :D

I don't think a 5 mile run qualifies as a sprint. :D Couldn't agree more. I would think that 25yd swim=100yd dash. Not sure what math is being used for 25yd swim=8800yd run.

I feel an aquathlon gridge coming up ... Sprint Classic. We do our events, do the 25s, go on a 5 mile run before dinner, then drink those Yeunglings you love. :lolup: We know Hulk can't keep up in the beer department. So you and I can carry on with the fourth part of the gridge. :) Lemme know how that 5 mile run works out for ya! :thhbbb: I'll just have a few beers while you prove you can outrun a moose. And, EXCUSE ME? Can't keep up in the beer department? You WERE at the Sunday blowout at Nats, correct? PUH-leeze.

This happened to me during my swim today.... Why can't swim instructors control their classes? A large child kept jumping in and out of my lane and didn't stop until he jumped on me. Then the lifeguard decided to do something.... No wonder no one wanted to share my lane!

An extended rant: One April Sunday morning I woke with a slight pain on the left side of my chest. I went to the pool, and every time I exerted my self, the pain grew. It subsided when I rested but never went away. I'm 47. I cut my workout short, went home and talked it over with my wife. We agreed I should go to the hospital, just in case. I must say when you walk into a hospital and point at your chest, they take care of you quick. I got the express line into the hospital, where they toke my vitals to learn that I'm really in pretty good shape. My pulse was 56, my BP was spot on. But since my dad had a heart attack 25 years ago, I went in for observation. I was wired up and on oxygen, and when I did the biofeedback thing I got my pulse down to 47. I was there for six hours in all, feeling like a doof the whole time. Around hour three the doctor came in, asked me the basic questions, and looked at me very closely. She stuck out one finger, said, "Does it hurt when I press right - here?" - and jabbed firmly just above my heart. My answer was in between a wimper and a wince. I had a deep bruise in my chest, and then I remembered . . . My pool is not terribly crowded, so we split lanes when two people are in a lane, and circle with three or more. The day before I had been circling with two others and set off for a 50 free AFAP. That was the moment that person three in my lane got out and the other bloke decided to split the lane while I was still circling. We ended up on collision course. He popped me - hard - right in the spot where the doctor was pressing hard 24 hours later. So that was all in April. Why rant now? Well, the medical bills are starting to roll in . . . .

All about passing... People who literally swim on top of you during a backstroke set when they don't notice you are there and try to pass. People who are faster than you but stay inches behind you refusing to pass People who drag your feet to the bottom of the pool when they are trying to pass