@condor 2378 any info on good earplugs? I had a swim the other night and some ingress leaving me a bit Mutt and Jeff which was bad, though the lugs hav now droid out
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The Even More Reluctant Swimmers Thread
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Posted 8 years ago #
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I went through various cheap swim earplugs and none seemed to seal properly, many hurt a lot. I needed something due to ear problems that flared up after regular swimming.
Eventually plumped for a moulded set from House of Hearing - about £80 if I recall. Comfortable and effective.
Posted 8 years ago # -
I once procured a lady's phone number for David Wilkie in an embryonic Alan Partridge type situation.
Posted 7 years ago # -
Embryonic Alan Partridge
This sounds like a TV show Alan Partridge would pitch.
Posted 7 years ago # -
Wilkie was "accused of swimming too fast and not taking into account other pool users."
Pool rage is a thing... There's an art to sharing a lane with other swimmers; I know I haven't always got it right.Posted 7 years ago # -
Embryonic Alan Partridge
Foetal tie and blazer set.
Posted 7 years ago # -
In the article this appeared to happen in2015?
Wilkie 62 now. Bet he still spanks them all in Bracknell. Etiquette - if your sole is touched let them by?
Years ago I was in the new swimming pool in prestwick, shallow end all the way along the pool. So no diving. I was tanking up and down, no one else in the pool. Except this one other guy who was annoying me by also swimming quite fast.we kept out of each other's way. When I got out I was quite tired as had been going some to keep up with the guy. Anyway he eventually comes into the changing room and it was my best friend from school just back from his Royal marine training in lympstone, Devon. His dad has watched the whole panto and thought it very funny
Posted 7 years ago # -
I can report that I swam in the Feshie. Twice. I am a reluctant swimmer, positively hydrophobic, but that was glorious. The second pool, away from the road was a thing of real beauty.
Posted 6 years ago # -
The one at the pony bridge?
Posted 6 years ago # -
@Snowy
The very one, aye.
Posted 6 years ago # -
I'm packing a snorkel & mask next time.
Posted 6 years ago # -
So, I seem to have signed up for a triathlon this weekend. It's only a 200m swim but is there anything I should be aware of before I get in the water? I've done some shorter stretches of outdoor swimming this summer and think I'll be OK with the distance if I take my time but it's the unknown unknowns I'm more concerned about.
Posted 6 years ago # -
@acsimpson
Never done a triathlon before, but friends who did said that the swim can be difficult because of the lack of space- be prepared to be kicked/punched/grabbed as everyone tries to find the fastest way from A to B.
Think if I was doing a triathlon, I'd set off at the back and be prepared to lose a couple of minutes and concentrate on the big picture
Posted 6 years ago # -
I was swimming today in unheated pool, I only left as getting sun burnt
Transition from water to bike is a faff. The pros seem to have their shoes clipped into the pedals already.
Posted 6 years ago # -
@paddyirish, Sounds good, so start at the back and stay at the back. That would suit my swimming style well.
@gembo, risk of sunburn should be minimal at 8PM tomorrow night. I don't think I'm taking it seriously enough to pre-clip my shoes, I'll have a kayaking wetsuit on anyway.
Did I mention there is time off for drinking beer while transitioning :-)
Posted 6 years ago # -
I'm told the key to swimming is not to stop breathing. Is that helpful? Helped me.
Posted 6 years ago # -
@IWRATS
That's probably pretty good advice for cycling too. Thanks! I'll take heed
@acsimpson- good luck!
Posted 6 years ago # -
@paddyirish
I am a mess in the water. Took me an age to understand I could breathe out underwater, wound up like across between a puffer fish and a beetroot. (Swimming ability of the root vegetable breathing ability of the fish.)
Posted 6 years ago # -
@IWRATS I knew exactly what you meant, my trouble with the crawl in particular is that I don't want to get a mouthful of water when breathing in, so lift my head too far out of the water and stop all forward momentum.
My swimming will win no speed or beauty awards
Posted 6 years ago # -
@iwrats
fat stan pushed me off the top board with a long pole
did the job but you'd never see him marching the plank
Posted 6 years ago # -
@bax
Me too, likely in the same lesson. Lobban was my nemesis.
Was it you used to bellow 'Whale!' as Stan tried to patrol Grosvenor Place?
Memory supplies;
He bounces about
The Rosemount gym
He's so fat
He's not thin
Fat Stan!Posted 6 years ago # -
your lyrical remembrance is uncannily accurate
but i think stanza 3 and 4 is actually 1 and 2
Posted 6 years ago # -
Wugby is a wunning game.
Posted 6 years ago # -
i got sent off by brendan adie for booting some guy in the chops
second string it was
well he was bearing down on me with a grin that was unacceptable
Posted 6 years ago # -
totally unacceptable
Posted 6 years ago # -
mystery train is coming round the bend
and the train i ride, be 16 coaches long
edinburgh ? well it be done, and it be gone
Posted 6 years ago # -
Thanks IWRATS, my problem is similar to paddyirish I'm so busy breathing I don't have time to swim. I'll more likely do breaststroke as that way I can breath and swim.
Posted 6 years ago # -
@acsimpson, if you side crawl you can drink whilst swimming??
Posted 6 years ago # -
For reasons that aren't completely clear, I decided to sign up for a (half) triathlon in April. Thought I should make sure I can still swim beforehand, so tonight I swam a mile.
I will suffer for this tomorrow, I'm sure.
Posted 4 years ago #
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