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How was your swim today?

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Fenners-Reborn 5 May 12:02pm, 5 May 2025 1,971 posts	Quote Pin Fenners-Reborn Consecutive days of 2km in the local pool. Can't cope with swimming clockwise for some reason
CasB 5 May 1:07pm, 5 May 2025 1,467 posts	Quote Pin CasB Fenners so glad it's not just me - but I had the opposite, usually swim clockwise but had to swim anti-clockwise for the first time in ages on Friday and really struggled, especially with turning at the ends!
Metro_Nome 5 May 7:04pm, 5 May 2025 8,134 posts	Quote Pin Metro_Nome I can only swim clockwise! I did a 5km swimathon a few weeks ago and about 3/4 of the way through they moved us up a lane and I went from a clockwise lane to anti clockwise. It completely threw me, I had to tell myself it really made no difference, but took me ages to find myself again
Nellers 5 May 7:23pm, 5 May 2025 45,101 posts	Quote Pin Nellers I've done most of my swimming in an anticlockwise lane. If I finish up going the wrong (yes it is!) way round I end up doing the weird thing where I turn the wrong way all the way round to go back the other way. This has the advantage of letting me see if anyone is getting close to overtake me.
Fenners-Reborn 5 May 7:36pm, 5 May 2025 1,989 posts	Quote Pin Fenners-Reborn It is definitely a me problem. When in the 'fast' lane, I like the lane rope to be visible on my right, as I breathe on the right.
Northern Exile 5 May 7:54pm, 5 May 2025 11,047 posts	Quote Pin Northern Exile Bilateral?
Fenners-Reborn 5 May 8:18pm, 5 May 2025 1,991 posts	Quote Pin Fenners-Reborn @Northern Exile I can't cope with breathing on the left, so only breathe on the right. To be fair, I'm not even a runner, so even less a swimmer. But I enjoy it.
Little Nemo 5 May 8:33pm, 5 May 2025 17,164 posts	Quote Pin Little Nemo Which way round I go has never bothered me. My pool has no consistency but perhaps that's a good thing! It probably helps that I'm rubbish at turns anyway so haven't got good enough to prefer one way over the other
Fenners-Reborn 6 May 5:40pm, 6 May 2025 1,992 posts	Quote Pin Fenners-Reborn I don't do turns
Metro_Nome 15 May 9:44am, 15 May 2025 8,158 posts	Quote Pin Metro_Nome had the whole pool to myself for a big chunk of my swim this morning- lush! just managed to hit that sweet spot of arriving after the morning rush (changing room was full when I got there) and before the off-peak/day folks arrived