How was your swim today?

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LindsD Feb 2019 3:27pm, 15 Feb 2019 26,403 posts	0 LindsD Not prying! I guess I just like to stand on my own two feet, which I guess is silly, since we've been together 20 years and always supported each other. He earns a lot more than me, and I guess I just feel on some level that if I'm buying running kit and entering races, and buying presents for my family and friends, it's not fair to expect him to pay for something that's more essential. Probably worth thinking about it a little more, as of course I would pay for him without a thought if the roles were reversed.
KatieB Feb 2019 3:31pm, 15 Feb 2019 7,396 posts	0 KatieB Well. If you are able to swim and dress/undress etc without pain I can imagine you will have more energy and therefore more of you to give to your nearest and dearest. He will benefit too. You are right though, you would pay for him without a moments thought, and I suspect he'd be very happy with paying for you and helping you to a pain free life.
LindsD Feb 2019 3:32pm, 15 Feb 2019 26,406 posts	0 LindsD Thank you. You are right. And it has really helped to think it through a little more. On my run I was thinking about what I would say to someone who said to me that they couldn't afford physio yet someone else was willing to pay for them. I had a little word with myself
LazyDaisy Feb 2019 4:59pm, 15 Feb 2019 25,704 posts	0 LazyDaisy Quite, Linds. I'm sure your OH would prefer a pain-free partner to money in the bank! Lovely swim in the Sidmouth pool today. As regards fellow-swimmers, everyone was really pleasant. I got in a little before the pool was laned, and there was just one lane roped off which had a notice suggesting it was for private swimming lessons, but I wasn;t sure. I started to ask the two chaps chatting in the shallow end what the lane was actually for and one of them said with a big smile, 'It's for everyone!' So I set off and the three of us co-existed very happily. It was only when I got out that I saw that the lane sign had been changed to 'Fast Lane' at some point. I'm never normally brave enough to go in the fast lane
Richard-M Feb 2019 5:35pm, 16 Feb 2019 499 posts	0 Richard-M Hope your shoulder get better LindsD, frozen shoulder was not nice for my wife and it took ages to fix. I will swim tomorrow
LazyDaisy Feb 2019 5:54pm, 16 Feb 2019 25,722 posts	0 LazyDaisy I was a bit late getting up this morning, so the lanes session had finished before I had time to complete my 1km. However, it was nice to be greeted at the pay desk by the ED for Exmouth parkrun (he's the manager of the pool) and he remembered me from the time I 'guest-RD'd' there
Richard-M Feb 2019 12:15pm, 17 Feb 2019 500 posts	0 Richard-M got my swim done - was hard work but pace was ok.
fetcheveryone Feb 2019 4:20pm, 19 Feb 2019 21,264 posts	0 fetcheveryone Hello swimmers. We have the option to get hold of SWIMTAG data (see swimtag.net ). I'm just wondering if there are any/many of you who use this system - or whether you've heard any feedback from other swimmers on how useful it is. I'll watch this thread for a bit, just to see the responses
fetcheveryone Feb 2019 8:17am, 20 Feb 2019 21,304 posts	0 fetcheveryone Maybe not then, eh? On another note, I'm hoping to persuade Fitbit to agree to my feature request here: community.fitbit.com If any of you want to do Elsie Too a big favour, can you upvote it? I think you need a Fitbit account to do that. I'll leave it with you
LindsD Feb 2019 8:43am, 20 Feb 2019 26,481 posts	0 LindsD None of my pools use it. Fleecy's does but I don't think she's on here.