So I went to Rossmoor to swim in there wonderful indoor pool, and TH came to watch for the first time. The pool was a little on the warm side (I guess I am getting used to slightly colder pools) and the chemicals bothered my nose some, but other than that it was perfect.
So I got in and started swimming and the guy two lanes over was lapping me and I was a little disappointed, but I thought well I am planning on doing two sets of a 1000 so I can't go that fast anyway. I know - always an excuse. So I went my merry way swimming length after length until he got out. Then out of no where this little upstart started to lap me as well. I mean really - is there no where that I can go that I can't be the fastest swimmer in the pool?
Only saving grace was she got in the pool after me and out before me. But she probably did as many laps as I did - oh well.
So when we driving home TH goes you were the second fastest in the pool. I said well really I was the third fastest, and there were only three swimmers so I either came in third or last however you want to look at it.
No no TH said there were other people in the pool. Okay yes there were a bunch of eighty and ninety year olds that it took them close to five minutes to finish one lap and even then I was afraid for them, but saying that there was others in the pool - let just say there was only three in the pool that could swim.
It is funny to watch these little old ladies making their way to the end of the pool trying very hard not to let their hair get wet. And if you are swimming and you accidentally splash them they think you did it on purpose and that you are an evil person. I say what are you doing at a pool if you don't want to get your hair wet?
Anyway, I asked TH (or maybe stated I don't know) that she was much younger then I was (the girl swimmer) and he said yeah she looked to be in her early 50's. HUH??? Now how old does he think I am? I still consider myself in my early 50's and I plan to stay in my early 50's until I am 56 then I will be in my mid 50's, but that definitely wasn't the answer I was looking for.
Now my dearest mother knew the exactly right thing to say, no T she was definitely in her early 40's if not late 30's. Love you mom.
So then TH goes, I don't know much about swimming but it seemed that you only had one speed, slow. I know with running we go slow, fast, slow, fast, maybe with swimming it is just one speed?
Well Sweety, it is just one speed for me. I am not in the best of shape and the only time that I have more then one speed is with LZ and then I can barely make it through a half hour. So to do a full workout I can't do it at any other speed then slow.
Oh well (seems to be my catch phrase) I try.
So I got in and started swimming and the guy two lanes over was lapping me and I was a little disappointed, but I thought well I am planning on doing two sets of a 1000 so I can't go that fast anyway. I know - always an excuse. So I went my merry way swimming length after length until he got out. Then out of no where this little upstart started to lap me as well. I mean really - is there no where that I can go that I can't be the fastest swimmer in the pool?
Only saving grace was she got in the pool after me and out before me. But she probably did as many laps as I did - oh well.
So when we driving home TH goes you were the second fastest in the pool. I said well really I was the third fastest, and there were only three swimmers so I either came in third or last however you want to look at it.
No no TH said there were other people in the pool. Okay yes there were a bunch of eighty and ninety year olds that it took them close to five minutes to finish one lap and even then I was afraid for them, but saying that there was others in the pool - let just say there was only three in the pool that could swim.
It is funny to watch these little old ladies making their way to the end of the pool trying very hard not to let their hair get wet. And if you are swimming and you accidentally splash them they think you did it on purpose and that you are an evil person. I say what are you doing at a pool if you don't want to get your hair wet?
Anyway, I asked TH (or maybe stated I don't know) that she was much younger then I was (the girl swimmer) and he said yeah she looked to be in her early 50's. HUH??? Now how old does he think I am? I still consider myself in my early 50's and I plan to stay in my early 50's until I am 56 then I will be in my mid 50's, but that definitely wasn't the answer I was looking for.
Now my dearest mother knew the exactly right thing to say, no T she was definitely in her early 40's if not late 30's. Love you mom.
So then TH goes, I don't know much about swimming but it seemed that you only had one speed, slow. I know with running we go slow, fast, slow, fast, maybe with swimming it is just one speed?
Well Sweety, it is just one speed for me. I am not in the best of shape and the only time that I have more then one speed is with LZ and then I can barely make it through a half hour. So to do a full workout I can't do it at any other speed then slow.
Oh well (seems to be my catch phrase) I try.
Boy - even though I said the other swimmer's flip turns weren't very powerful.......
ReplyDeleteI still don't get why not fast l lap & then slow for 4 cool off laps. I don't get swimming & I have heard that they do incredible distances. T3's workout was a modest 3,300 yards - almost 2 miles.
T3 also told me she got a cramp when she did the backstroke - I never swam hard/fast/smoothly/etc enough to even remotely have a chance of a cramp. I now swim in a 108+ dedgree bathtub & do the "climb" rather than the "crawl" - at least that's how I get out.
TSH signing out.
There was a swimmer who did the SIDESTROKE - not as well as yours truly, TSH, however.
Oh my, what drama!
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