New game! Here's how to play: get in the water and swim. When you see a person emerge from one of the locker rooms, make a mental bookmark of where you are in your workout/set/swim and keep going. Once the other person starts swimming, make another mental bookmark and then subtract the difference. The number of yards or meters you swam before the other person finally started is your score!
This morning I was at the 175 mark of my standard 800 IM stroke drill warmup when I noticed another guy on the pool deck. He started swimming right after I finished my 800, yielding a score of 625. Can you beat my high score??? You can play this game as many times as you want during your workout, as long as there are slackers milling around.
To win this game you need to swim as much as possible and not waste time. If you see more than one person on the pool deck, you need to pick the right slacker. They should do several of the following:
Carefully arrange their toy pile at the end of their lane
Talk to anyone and everyone
Put on their cap, goggles, MP3 player, heart rate monitor, nose clip, earplugs, facemask, snorkel, fins, pull buoy...
Drag over a chair for their mini-whiteboard that has the workout written out on it
Oh wait no it doesn't, so they write it out there on the pooldeck
Sit with their feet in the water, just staring at the pool (this is my secret weapon! the guy this morning increased my score by around 400 just from doing this!)
Slowly lower themselves into the water inch by inch
Complain that the water is cold/warm/wet
Brawl with the noodlers (ok I've never actually seen this happen, but it would be pretty awesome wouldn't it?)
Thanks Elaine! Today I only scored a measly 150, but more importantly, an idea popped into my head during the workout. I came up with one simple way to incorporate the constructive suggestions posted by aquageek, pmccoy, orca1946, and jaadams1. New rule, effective now: every time someone posts something negative about this game or the people playing it, the last score posted gets doubled. Problem, haters? :D
Then you can feel doubly good about how much better you are than everyone else! It's a win-win for you!
Thanks Elaine! Today I only scored a measly 150, but more importantly, an idea popped into my head during the workout. I came up with one simple way to incorporate the constructive suggestions posted by aquageek, pmccoy, orca1946, and jaadams1. New rule, effective now: every time someone posts something negative about this game or the people playing it, the last score posted gets doubled. Problem, haters? :D
:applaud: :banana: :cheerleader:
Now, James, I may be a native Californian (and spent most of my life in San Diego), but I never did learn much Spanish. :blush: So, I think I'll need just a weeeeee bit of help on that one!
Muchas gracias muchacha!! Me gusta mucho a hacer lo mas dificil que es posible cada dia. Despues de una practica si no estoy respirando fuerte, me dice que no estoy nadando muy duro. Tres mil en cada hora es perfecto para mi!!
Good luck with the espanol!
No utiliza un sitio de web de traducción es realmente tan difícil... y es divertido, desde el resultado siempre parece como líneas de una película mala kung fu.
No utiliza un sitio de web de traducción es realmente tan difícil... y es divertido, desde el resultado siempre parece como líneas de una película mala kung fu.
Yikes! You, too??? :help:
Use online translation sites like babelfish.yahoo.com,
"Muchas gracias muchacha!! Me gusta mucho a hacer lo mas dificil que es posible cada dia. Despues de una practica si no estoy respirando fuerte, me dice que no estoy nadando muy duro. Tres mil en cada hora es perfecto para mi!!"
Translates to:
"Thank you very much girl! I like much to do but the difficult thing that every day is possible. After one she practices if I am not breathing strong, says to me that I am not swimming very hard. Three thousands in hourly are perfect for my!"
:notworking: :whiteflag:
:chug:
"Muchas gracias muchacha!! Me gusta mucho a hacer lo mas dificil que es posible cada dia. Despues de una practica si no estoy respirando fuerte, me dice que no estoy nadando muy duro. Tres mil en cada hora es perfecto para mi!!"
Translates to:
"Thank you very much girl! I like much to do but the difficult thing that every day is possible. After one she practices if I am not breathing strong, says to me that I am not swimming very hard. Three thousands in hourly are perfect for my!"
That's actually how James talks. :bolt:
