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Swimming for fitness (part 3). Dive in!

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rightsofwomen · 18/09/2017 13:07

Ohh la la....2nd thread filled up. Hopefully this Subject line will make it easy enough to find.

Everyone welcome.

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SandLand · 29/10/2017 11:45

lljkk. I vote for 129 lengths - the sum of the total Grin.

Oddsocks15 · 29/10/2017 11:18

Had a 1:1 swimming lesson today to get started as my technique is pants. My fitness is rubbish, struggling with my breathing, but have booked another lesson for next week. Got to get motivated to practice in the week now Shock

lljkk · 28/10/2017 20:02

It's a habit, TeaAndToast. Once you have the habit, it's easier to keep it up.

I am very mean with my money & I have a monthly membership. I need to go twice a week to get value, so knowing I have already paid makes me go regularly.

TeaAndToast85 · 28/10/2017 20:00

I really want to go swimming regularly, as I'm pregnant and overweight, and want to be more active. But I keep not going! I tell myself 'oh the pool will be too busy now' or 'I just washed my hair so it would be silly to get it wet'. What I'm basically saying is that I am a lazy cow Smile hopefully I will go this week.

lljkk · 28/10/2017 19:35

Sinus cold. Swim for 47 minutes (poolside clock which is analog so fuzzy time estimate).
(The apple shaped ladies doing breaststroke were almost beating me).

When I finish, Poolside swimtag Box says 60 lengths.
Get home, swim tag says 69 lengths (sigh) in 48.5 minutes.
Anyone want to vote on how many lengths I did tonight? :)

TriGirl007 · 28/10/2017 07:09

Sounds lovely rigths
I’ve been 3x this week but each time with my youngest so just treading water mostly for me as she’s only just learnt to swim to the deep end and wants to dive Confused a lot which tests my nerve as I float about watching. Hopefully Monday I’ll get back to a decent swim for me.

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rightsofwomen · 28/10/2017 05:09

Another swim in the hotel pool last night. Nice.

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rightsofwomen · 26/10/2017 11:46

I did have a run on the treadmill - god awful things.
The main barrier is that my jet lag is opposite to how it is when I go to west coast USA, so instead of feeling raring to go at 5am I have been very rudely woken by my alarm at 6am.

Should be less busy in HK.

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SandLand · 26/10/2017 10:03

Your there, rights. Enjoy.

Save the running for HK, and then run "The Peak"

TriGirl007 · 26/10/2017 09:02

This thread keeps dropping off my watch list?

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rightsofwomen · 25/10/2017 08:59

Reporting a 1/2 hr swim in the very, very nice hotel pool in Shenzhen, China. Yay. Not sure about my running. Long, long days and not sure how I feel about running in the dark here or on the treadmill.

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Hissy · 24/10/2017 18:19

Only half a dozen in the 50m pool last time I went!
Yummy! 😍

PlateOfBiscuits · 24/10/2017 18:04

lljkk Totally understand.

SandLand 1.6km sounds amazing!

I’m going swimming again tomorrow. I promised my partner I would only go once a week (so I wouldn’t be worn out). I’ve been secretly looking forward to it!

SandLand · 24/10/2017 10:02

You really need to come swim with me. 4 of us this morning!

1.6km. I'm wrecked. Not helped by a 2 hr shopping spree with a soon to be teen who flys back to school tonight.....

lljkk · 24/10/2017 07:44

PlateofBiscuits: I don't want to explain it all. Put it this way: 4 people were trying to be in the same small bit of swim pool all in the same 5 second window. Someone moaned I was the person who did wrong. I reckon that there were 3 other people who easily could have made better decisions, too.

TriGirl007 · 23/10/2017 21:34

Had a chilled out swim tonight no idea on distance but kept going for 35-40mins so prob a 1k. Mixed it up with some backstroke tonight & float kicking as I’m still nursing back pain but it felt ok.
Welcome plateofbiscuits sounds like you had gd swim.

PlateOfBiscuits · 23/10/2017 19:46

Well done on the swim lljkk. What was the rage about?

SandLand · 23/10/2017 18:20

Nice swimming lljkk.

lljkk · 23/10/2017 15:30

Ooh... I got some nice results in my email inbox. Last week, 9min+2 seconds for 400m (swimtag).
That was a morning I got annoyed with another swimmer (stupid dispute, not my finest moment). Still, I'm quite happy with that 400metre time (PB). A bit of swimming-pool-rage can be useful. :)

SingingAvocado · 21/10/2017 10:52

PlateOfBiscuits you are extremely welcome. I remember how being in a pool took the weight off when I was pregnant so can imagine it must relieve pain too. 50 lengths is amazing and you should be very proud of yourself. Yippee!

PlateOfBiscuits · 21/10/2017 10:38

Can I join?

I have a chronic pain condition and really like being in the water (on holiday etc) as the weightlessness helps so much with the pain. I don’t normally swim though, just ‘bob’.

But yesterday I did 50 lengths! I was so proud of myself! I could have kept going forever and ever.

Got home and promptly fell asleep for four hours but never mind that - I did it!

Hissy · 19/10/2017 23:20

We had an interesting night tonight, usual pool session cancelled so we went over to the 50m pool and ended up training with the top 2 swimmers (preparing for nationals)

They’re so kind and generous, offered us to share their lane and do their training session

I didn’t take my watch tonight, so no idea what distance, between sprints and drills it was a good 2k.

I need to push myself harder tho. I know this

Hissy · 19/10/2017 23:16
Grin

I’m there for the weekend, arrive Friday afternoon and back home in time for Masters swimming m on Sunday

So thinking Friday afternoon swim the. Saturday potter about, dinner with the company and then back home

TheMShip · 19/10/2017 21:19

Hissy the Commie's lovely! Edinburgh in the winter is a bit grim though Grin

Hissy · 19/10/2017 17:53

We’re off to Edinburgh in the New Year for a work jolly.

Oh yes I’m eyeing up the Royal Commonwealth pool’s 50m sessions... fingers crossed I’ll be able to get a session in...