When I was swimming the 100 fly this morning, my shoulder decided we were done about 60 yards in. I really wanted to stop so that I didn't hurt it, but I didn't know the proper approach. I ended up just finishing and trying to keep my stroke legal, but it was slow and painful. Should I have just stopped and swam back to the wall?
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When I was swimming the 100 fly this morning, my shoulder decided we were done about 60 yards in. I really wanted to stop so that I didn't hurt it, but I didn't know the proper approach. I ended up just finishing and trying to keep my stroke legal, but it was slow and painful. Should I have just stopped and swam back to the wall?
I think you should quit the race and get out at the nearest exit (trying your best to not interfere with the other swimmers in the race of course) if you think that you might be risking injury by continuing the race.....but I understand what you are saying....we all feel a kind of obligation to try and finish the race in most circumstances. I hope your shoulder is o.k. Maybe you should have a specialist look at it....and ice it in the meantime. Good Luck and sorry to hear about your shoulder!! I like Allen's suggestion too. I think that I got confused about the order of the postings here....I thought I was replying to the last posting in this thread (i.e. the third posting)....but actually I was replying to the first posting and Allen, Kyra and m2tall2 had already responded to it? is it just me or does the postings now seem arranged differently??
Newmastersswimmer
When I was swimming the 100 fly this morning, my shoulder decided we were done about 60 yards in. I really wanted to stop so that I didn't hurt it, but I didn't know the proper approach. I ended up just finishing and trying to keep my stroke legal, but it was slow and painful. Should I have just stopped and swam back to the wall?
I think you should quit the race and get out at the nearest exit (trying your best to not interfere with the other swimmers in the race of course) if you think that you might be risking injury by continuing the race.....but I understand what you are saying....we all feel a kind of obligation to try and finish the race in most circumstances. I hope your shoulder is o.k. Maybe you should have a specialist look at it....and ice it in the meantime. Good Luck and sorry to hear about your shoulder!! I like Allen's suggestion too. I think that I got confused about the order of the postings here....I thought I was replying to the last posting in this thread (i.e. the third posting)....but actually I was replying to the first posting and Allen, Kyra and m2tall2 had already responded to it? is it just me or does the postings now seem arranged differently??
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