Swimming for fitness (part 3). Dive in!

Welcome mommy. You've done so well to go from 8 to 40 in three weeks! Amazing. Yes, it is addictive. I've probably gone back sooner than I should have after a cold but I feel guilty when I don't go! I go three times a week. Great to find exercise that suits you …

Thank you for the welcome and hello to everyone 👋. It's a bit addictive isn't it? Or is it just me??!! I tried to go 4 times last week and am suffering for it - I'm not very good at stopping when my body says to!!!!!

Hi mommy That's impressive getting up to 30-40 laps within 3 weeks! Welcome to the club!

Wave to DH in HK then, rights

Welcome mommy. I'm new here too, and this lot are lovely!

Please could I join? I have just started swimming again - it's probably been 20 years!!!
I'm disabled, used to run a lot but it was too high impact so my GP suggested I try swimming.
My first time I think I struggled to 8 laps and nearly died but after 3 weeks of going 1 or 2 times a week I'm up to between 30 and 40 laps. I'm not really slow but I'm also never going to win any races!! I'm really hoping I can build some muscle strength back up in my arms and legs

Good work Sand! Just slow it down to keep going

I had a quick dip on monday 1k, but was tired from masters session.

Adorable OH was sharing a lane, I was struggling to get into the zone, so he was going to practice backstroke while my intention was to focus on slow laps to get some distance chunks, like up to 1k with turns.

So he asked the only guy in the double slow lane next to us if they could swim together, bloke said yes, other half hopped in and I set off.

75m in, head down and all of a sudden nearly swam straight into someone in my lane. Yup, bloke from double slow lane had decided to join my lane - even though OH had said not to... Lucky he told me that when we were halfway home in the car.

OH reckons that its the slow lane mentality... so we'll go in the fast lane next week and if someone faster turns up (highly unlikely on a Monday if the last few weeks is anything to go by) we'll move, and eventually a second lane always opens up so I could get a good 15 mins or so to myself to do some head down, not sharing swimming :D

Fab day, rights.
Where in China are you off to? Wondering if you will be there same time as DH in mid Nov?

Congrats on the visa, rights! Hope the eyebrows are a good thing and not the result of an experiment gone terribly wrong ...

Finally back in for a proper 2km this afternoon and I feel much better about life, the universe, and everything.

1.3km done!!

1.6 is the aim for next week...... And if I really move it, 2km before the month is out. That may be progressing too fast. Not sure.

The Embassy sounds so much more exotic than the reality!

Muito obrigada Hissy!
I love that you socialise at the British Embassy Sandland … and that you swim with Channel swimmers lljkk!

just thinking about it... I struggle to get the finis to sit anywhere on my face except over my ears. They never sit snugly on my face bones, they hang loose there. So if I got earplugs, that would destroy would little sound I can hear from the FinisDuo.

Hi lassies.
I picked up a foot injury so can't run much, glad I have swimming to fall back on.
At my pool, I spoke to one of the super fast swimmers the other day... turns out she & the others in her gang of 5 buddies were training to swim the Channel... which they duly did in the summer. OMFG. I feel humbled to have shared a pool lane with them. So THAT'S why they were so much faster than me.

We also talked about how neither of us can keep count above 5 so thank goodness for Swimtag. I have a small thing in common with the Channel swimmer, ha!

I am having a big fat Fail with the Finis Duo, so far. The sound quality is terrible although I haven't invested in expensive ear plugs (would need ear plugs that make me deaf to everything else, to be sure). I can't get the speakers to sit well on my face bones. I can only hear the higher notes (I think it's higher, am tone deaf, so could be some other musical quality). sometimes only one speaker seems to work but I think that's a stereo-note-difference problem. Anyway, it sounds awful. Not sure whether to waste money on expensive ear plugs or just sell it on. 9yo DS loves the FinisDuo, though, seems to work perfect for him without any ear plugs.

AbacateCantador boa sorte with the consulate... I’ve heard it’s a nightmare for red tape, but if there’s an avenue it has to be worth looking at.

Swam 1k this morning but didn’t enjoy it as I was too fast for the medium lane and the slowest in the fast lane - I swam in fast lane but kept feeling panicky I wasn’t fast enough which then messed up my breathing. I normally go in evening as quieter but I’m helping out at a swim gala tonight instead. But I’m really worried my back has flared up and very painful I’ve intermittent “periods” of bulging disc pains so really hoping as this is the fittest I’ve ever been I can manage it again & it will ease off last flare up took a year to get back to “normal” again.

Hope everyone is ok in the storm winds it’s been pretty gusty in the West with eiree red sun.

Congrats on the job.
Fingers crossed for the visa.

I'm planning to swim tomorrow morning. 1km, or 1.3 if i can get done gefore school starts reaching in there. Only slight hitch in that plan is the British Embassy are having a do tonight, and they have means to bring in certain bottle of stuff that no-one else can get, so I'm on the booze tonight. Which might make swimming at 7am unappealing!

I ran today. It's too hot to run. My face was like

Congrats on the job, rights!

No swim for me today, was up half the night with DC2 who is a grumpy sick toddler. DC1 is also off for half term, so I couldn't justify leaving early to myself. DH says they're doing pretty well. Hopefully a better night tonight and I can squeeze in a swim tomorrow.

Well done Rights. I've had a cold since Thurs/Fri so gave it a miss today. I think I'll make tomorrow morning though. Hope you enjoy your new job, and get that visa soon … In the light of Brexit (yes, shallow of me, I know!) I'm going down the route of reviving my dormant Portuguese citizenship and their consulate is pretty grim, with one abortive journey already.

I really like it.
I had cheap ebay ones before, which actually were okay, but lasted about 6 months. Sometimes the water got under the earpiece which was irritating, which doesnt happen with the finis duo.
You still need something in your ear for the finis duo for the sound to travel proberly but this can be normal swimming earplugs. I did have to return the first one as it wasnt charging properly, but (touch wood) the new one seems ok. I bought it from Ocean Leisure near Embankment station, so i could try it first.

bruffin how do you find the finis duo? Have a birthday coming up soon and it is on the possible present list!

I dont normally wear ear plugs, but need them for my finis duo mp3. First tried ones that look like screws, which i found painful, but have now bought the putty ones , and as Trigirl says, feel like they shouldnt stay in, but seem to.