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but basically the idea is to be slow and cautious about it, make sure the other swimmer knows you are there and stick to your side.
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Right. I have done this but did not love it. Something tells me that serious swimmers do not notice the second or third swimmer as long as no one crashes into anyone else.
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I have lots of doubts about different things. For instance, I change strokes. This is not a strange thing either -- this is recommended for exercising. Yet, I did not see one single, solitary other person in there, at any point, doing anything but freestyle. That is the easiest stroke for sharing lanes but I do not intend to swim all freestyle.
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You can do your own stroke. You are expected to do what works for you.
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A serious problem of mine... I do not have good balance which means I suck at swimming in a straight line. That sounds pathetic because it is pathetic. But that is why I worry more about crashing into someone than about being crashed into. It also means that, if sharing, I must constantly check where I am and where the other person is, because I stray from my orientation in the lane too easily.
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Probably we should not be using the word "crash." Two people might swim into each other and depending on how fast they are going they might get hit. At most someone would be annoyed. Otherwise, both would go back to swimming. I hated focusing on staying in the lane because I had to have my eyes open or wear googles and that was a lot of work -- the watching the lane markers.
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Focusing on relative position so much distracts me from focusing on my stroke. Bad thing, because cleaning up the strokes is important for 1) healthy movements, 2) a good workout 3) implicitly straighter swimming!
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Form is more important than speed. You know that.
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I was thinking of bringing a travel bottle of disinfecting detergent washing my feet & top part of flip-flops when I rinse after the pool. I can probably find an essential oil that is antimycotic to add to the det.
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You are resourceful. These are good ideas.
I hope that someone cleans up the pool.
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Also I show up with my suit underneath, so I only have to change when leaving. If I get too bothered, I will forgo that and keep a wet swimsuit underneath.
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I like the idea to go home in the wet suit.
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Anyway, I was upset by the kid being in there. I also felt like the stupid woman should have reprimanded him for staring, regardless of what I was doing or not doing.
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People are indeed stupid. I try to cut them some slack. Maybe she was doign the best she could and she had other stuff going on that we do not know about. I know that sometimes I look stupid to others when infact I am working hard to manage.
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She probably checked nobody was undressed before entering, but I was standing there in a dripping bathing suit and towel. For all she knew, I could have stripped nekkid the very next second. That was creepy.
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THat should not have happened. People are morons. Some are careless morons.
I am going to read your other posts.
Mari