Swim Entry – 26th January 2010
Distance: 1 mile
Another swim. I’ve put 1 mile but it was actually 2200 metres. I was going to aim for two miles but my neck started hurting because my swimming technique blows (sic). I do the front crawl and I’ve never been able to breathe on my right hand side so I have to breath on my left every 4th stroke. I should fix that really, actually learn how to swim properly rather than just splashing through the water like a wounded hippo. (I’m being a bit unfair to myself here, I’m usually the quickest in the pool and I’m usually the one swimming the furthest – Actually, just like everything I do, I’m typically near the front for distance and speed but because I’ve no idea how to do things properly this is usually just a result of brute force and stuborness rather than any skill – I should learn how to do at least one thing properly in my life before I die. Sounds like a target to set myself). I’ll ask the question at the idiot place, see what they think.
Pool was empty tonight after 8 and all the aerobics ladies had got out. Just me, a girl and a bloke and the girl moved to the slow pool after I’d caught her a couple of times (No need for her to have done that though, she was pretty quick and with only three of us in the lane it wasn’t an issue, especially since she, unlike a lot of swimmers, actually stopped at the end to let people past if she felt she was holding people up.) I can understand ladies not being very keen on having blokes queueing up behind them in the pool though, the chap behind does get a birds eye view of the person in front’s crotch and although I try to be very gentlemanly about it and look at the floor, when I know I’m close to someone I have to keep looking forwards to make sure I don’t crash into them.
January 27, 2010 8:57 am 
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