I never learned how to and now when I try it makes me very dizzy and is uncomfortable to swim. So I swim *** and back stroke and I'm happy in the pool. BUT, I have been asked by an OW swimmer who why I don't try swimming an OW event. I have the endurance for maybe 1 mile(I swim 2 miles av. per workout), but I would be mortified to be the only *** stroke swimmer. So, are there any OW swimmers out there that don't swim free but still participate in events?
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There was a ***-stroker in a race I was in last summer. She wasn't fast, but she did finish the 2.5k event.
If you get dizzy swimming freestyle, it could be from holding your breath, or breathing too little or too often. It could also be Benign Paroxymal Positional Vertigo, a fairly common affliction in which little chunks of calcium break off in the spiral balance chamber of the inner ear and start knocking around, giving that stuck-in-a-falling-dream feeling when you roll from side to side.
I had a neck injury as a teen so maybe this is a result?
With all this encouragement I will give it a try this summer.I will have the oportunity to swim in Europes largest fresh water lake-a place I learned to swim as a kid and I know the water is calm enough.If I'm not to freaked out by the wildlife I will look for some lake swims state side.
There was a ***-stroker in a race I was in last summer. She wasn't fast, but she did finish the 2.5k event.
If you get dizzy swimming freestyle, it could be from holding your breath, or breathing too little or too often. It could also be Benign Paroxymal Positional Vertigo, a fairly common affliction in which little chunks of calcium break off in the spiral balance chamber of the inner ear and start knocking around, giving that stuck-in-a-falling-dream feeling when you roll from side to side.
I had a neck injury as a teen so maybe this is a result?
With all this encouragement I will give it a try this summer.I will have the oportunity to swim in Europes largest fresh water lake-a place I learned to swim as a kid and I know the water is calm enough.If I'm not to freaked out by the wildlife I will look for some lake swims state side.
