Swim Rant

WOW! I don't even have words for that. That is rude. When I was 7 I would of wanted a counter too! And good time for your 7 year old!

He'll get over it! Mine did. He used to wake up every time, now he just keeps on sleeping! I call him from the locker room around 0715 and wake him up! We're talking about someone who complained of a 6am wake up once a week on a Saturday followed by an 8.30 re-wake-up when I returned, as he needed his "lie-in". And that was before we had kids. Maybe I should have married a swimmer?

Well, we all have our problems, don't we? I don't think my husband or I really like getting OOB at 5am, (or 7am in his case) but that's the only time we can get our workouts in, so oh, well. I fondly remember the days when I swam at lunch - in the sunshine, with friends around to push me to better myself! Chin up, things will get better, or change, eventually! :)

Well, we all have our problems, don't we? I don't think my husband or I really like getting OOB at 5am, (or 7am in his case) but that's the only time we can get our workouts in, so oh, well. I fondly remember the days when I swam at lunch - in the sunshine, with friends around to push me to better myself! Chin up, things will get better, or change, eventually! :) I think "eventually" might be more like. I thought of setting some long-term goals for when I age up in 3 years time, but that age group is scary-fast, so perhaps I'll aim for 8 years time. Except I'll be following the same set of scary-fast swimmers....or maybe I'll just go back to the original plan of out-living the competition, in say 50 years?

Dec. 24th: I am envious of all those folks posting about their Christmas Eve workout. The rest of my family went to the ballet today. I had most of the day to myself. I thought, "what would I really like to do?... Swim of course!" The University pool is closed so I checked out the community center on the web. It said that they were open today. I grabbed my swim bag and headed over there, getting there at ~11:57, only to find out they they were closing at noon. Grrrrrrr. So I fought the traffic and did a little extra Christmas shopping for my family, then I went home, did some drylands in the basement and browsed these forums. That's a lousy substitute for swimming. The good news is that my wife tells me the hotel where will be staying for our mini vacation next week has a pool. It's probably tiny, but at least I can float around, play with my daughter and do some SDKs.

OK - Spending $400+ on a non-refundable heart rate monitor marked as water resistant to 50m. When it arrives, the user manual says the chest strap transmitter won't actually transmit in the pool due to pool chemicals and being underwater; and to NOT to push any buttons on the wristwatch computer unit because it will flood and ruin it. I have other issues with this model; but I'll stick to the swim aspects of this device marketed towards triathletes.

Well right now I'm consistently in the pool 2 or 3 times per week, the way I see it its better than not at all, and I am happy with my mediocrity right now. :bolt: Would I like to go 5 or 6 times? - you bet I would! Do I want my husband to divorce me on grounds of waking him at 4.30 every morning? - no way! When my husband got tired of waking up, he just bought me an alarm clock for my side of the bed. Now, he sleeps right through me getting up and out each morning. :bed: Hang in there - it WILL work out.

Today I had a stressful morning and didn't get out of the house at my usual time. By the time things had settled down I decided to just work at home for awhile, have lunch and then go teach my afternoon class. When I got to the University it was about 1:10. I realized, "hey, the pool doesn't close until 2:00, I can get in a short workout and still have plenty of time before my 3:00 class. I hit the water 1:20-ish and did a 600 wu. I looked at the clock and saw that it was before 1:30. I thought, "this is great, I have time for a 2000 yd set and even a little warmdown!" So I started to do repeat 200s, intending to do 10, then an ez 100 or so. As the set goes on I start feeling better and I'm really getting into it. As I touch the wall at the end of #9 I feel a wack on my head. At first I am confused. I didn't hit the wall, what is going on? Then I realize that one of the guards has wacked me on the head with a kickboard. He tells me, "We are clearing the pool for the swim team." I reply, "yea, at 2 O'clock right?" He says, "It is time to get out, the swim team has the pool." I look at the clock on the wall, It is 1:54 or 1:55. I say, "In like 5 minutes right? At 2 O'clock." I point at the clock. He tells me that the clock is wrong. I realize it is futile to argue the point and get out. It was very unsettling to be stopped so abruptly in the middle of an intense set. I was actually shaking a little. I was better after my shower, but it left me feeling unsettled. Oh well, it was a lot better than the zero workout that I was expecting after this morning. Next time if I am going to swim near closing time, I had better verify with the guards that the clock is right!

That lifeguard was a jerk.

This was my wife's experience,so this is a vicarious rant.The Country Club where we swim sometimes has four lanes and only one lane line, separating lane 1 from the rest. Since it does not have a line on the bottom it is not preferred by lap swimmers.This is rarely a problem unless a group of kids are there or the Noodlers are having their class. Anyway my wife gets there for her workout and there is no one else in the pool.After awhile another woman arrives and proceeds to accumulate noodles so that she is reclining with her head out of the water.She then proceeds to paddle backwards randomly,with her eyes closed.When she ends up in my wife's lane at the wall at the same time my wife is trying to turn my wife stops and says politely"excuse me,I am swimming laps and this is my lane."The Noodler replies"I don't pay much attention to laps(or anything else evidently swimming both backwards and with her eyes closed),I just paddle around",like this was a reasonable explanation for her:censor::censor::censor: behavior.My wife thought"I wish my shoulder wasn't sore,I'd just swim fly",but instead she just began to swim with an extremely vigorous kick whenever the Noodler approached figuring (rightly) that rather than get her hair wet she would stay out of the way.