FishEveryone: the Fetchland swimming wire
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Jan 2020
3:39pm, 9 Jan 2020
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Angus Clydesdale
Aye, until it doesn’t count properly. You’re welcome to yours.
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Jan 2020
4:04pm, 9 Jan 2020
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richmac
Pushing off is also a perfect chance to enhance your glide technique. Also it's a chance to do that wiggly under the water getting propulsion without taking a stroke thing that 'proper' swimmers do, which also kills your Abs. And tumble turns which can make you look either a total nobber or amazeballs. |
Jan 2020
4:09pm, 9 Jan 2020
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rf_fozzy
Is there a decent (cheap) watch or similar that does count laps properly? I often lose count. OW is easy - Garmin in towfloat. |
Jan 2020
4:11pm, 9 Jan 2020
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Northern Exile
I think I've got my glide technique nailed  Blindcider - sorry, I don't agree - getting back up to "swimming speed" is part of my training package and a cramp-inducing megashove away from the wall is, in my opinion, a bit delusional. If I can be arsed to wear a noseclip I'll do tumbleturns and every now and again I'll practice dolphin kicks, but for my day-to-day swimming I don't bother.
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Jan 2020
4:55pm, 9 Jan 2020
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blindcider
Fair enough, my push-off is not huge either and my glide off the wall is rarely more than a couple of metres. FWIW I can do Tumbleturns but tend to resurface lost in another county so prefer the simple touch turn. i noticed on Wednesday (as discussed in my blog from that day) that I lose an ever increasing amount of time on the turn as I get more tired during the session. From my experience in the pool there are two camps of people who do tumbleturns. The first lot are absolute pool monsters doing 100s in under 90s or swimmers who do the worlds slowest tumble turn rotating slower than continental drift. The second set are also often the same person who plows up and down the lane 3 or 4 seconds slower per length than everyone else and who blindly ignore the toe tapping and queue forming behind them. |
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Jan 2020
5:56pm, 9 Jan 2020
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Northern Exile
I am very conscious of my speed in the water compared to others, I was swimming on Monday with a semi-pro triathlete and she was so much faster than me it was embarrassing. I had to really work to ensure I kept out of her way.
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Jan 2020
6:09pm, 9 Jan 2020
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EvilPixie
My pool is a but shit and only split in 2 Anyone doing lengths is in one lane 13 of us on Monday I'm not fast and can do 3 lengths to one old boy's 1 We have back stroke swimmers Side way swimmers Super quick Those wanting to practice butterfly! It's a nightmare |
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Jan 2020
8:13pm, 9 Jan 2020
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blindcider
My condolences Pixie. Pool lane etiquette is the one thing that could turn me into a serial killer
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Jan 2020
8:15pm, 9 Jan 2020
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EvilPixie
Several of us have said that the pool should have more lanes but they say they can’t as it’s only 9m wide But they could easily do it! Good ow practice mind! |
Jan 2020
8:48pm, 9 Jan 2020
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jda
Ours is 20*7 and works fine with three lanes.
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