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lane sharing.
there is an interesting insurance discussion going on over at patti's place.
that said. i got up this morning and headed to the y. now, being that i've never really been a lap swimmer, though i do know all the strokes, i am now only being introduced to the art of "sharing a lane."
i was thinking about this this morning as i was actually sharing a lane. now, as you all probably know by now my sport was whitewater kayaking, so it occured to me, as i was trying to learn how to share a lane, that though i suck at sharing lanes i do know how to share an eddy.
huh? an eddy.. its a the calm spot behind a rock on a river. well, they are supposed to be calm, some of them aren't, some of them are just calmer than the river or re: just not moving downstream. and often times they aren't found just behind rocks, often times they are found behind formations made by rocks and the river known as holes or other such river / object creations. and eddys can be all sorts of sizes and can be found all over the river.
now, back to the lane sharing. as i was swimming this morning i was assuring myself, because i'm a perfectionist and i have to be able to do this whole lane sharing thing perfect the very first time, that even though i can't share a lane, i *can* share a micro eddy at the top of a really scary drop. and i've done it. and that is what my athletic training is in. and, in fact, i've shared micro-eddys with more boaters than the eddy should actually have. and i've pulled it off, because that is what my training is in. now, if i'd been a competitive swimmer i'd have learned this lane sharing thing instead.
so, i have reassured my perfectionist self that all these really good lane sharers that i'm swimming with probably can't share a micro eddy with people above a really scary drop (unless they are kayakers, and if they are, i could share that eddy with them) and at some point i'll become an effiecient lane sharer too.
now, my question is, i keep seeing the term "circle swimming".. wtf is that?
Posted by brooke at November 09, 2002 03.10.03 PM
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I hate hate hate sharing lanes. It makes you have to think and notice and pay attention and the whole point of swimming is to bliss out and just go into a zone. I refuse to do the circle thing- I tell people to stick to their side and I'll stick to mine- waiting at the end of a lane for someone to finish so I can start, or feeling like someone is going to tap my feet is just too much pressure. Argh!!!
Posted by chel at November 10, 2002 5:17 AM
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