Day 18 - Busy Pools GRRRRR!!

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Another manic day in work, meetings followed by meetings and more meetings and these meetings included people who want everything and will do nothing to help you out... Swines!

I was looking forward to releasing some stressing in the pool so 7pm could not come quick enough... well 6:45..
We got to the pool 15 minutes early to avoid the mass of lady's turning up for a aqua pool aerobics session and have to battle with them crossing the swim lane to get into the larger area in the pool as there class starts at 8 so we wanted to be out by 7:45. Unfortunately this did not happen!

We got into the pool early but it was rammed, I normally have the lane to myself like Sunday but there was at least 4 people in the lane already wish made it very difficult to practise my tumble turns so I could only do 2 every 100 meters as someone was always chasing me down.

I still managed to do my furthest meters yet 2000 meters so I'm chuffed!

Hitting the roads tomorrow with a zonal run, no crazy fools to bloke my path.

Todays session

Duration 01 00 00
Distance 2000meter


Comments

  1. Unknown18 January 2011 at 22:06

    Good going with that swimming... even with fools in ya way!

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  2. Midgie18 January 2011 at 22:13

    Well done on the 2K swim! Very irritating to have all those people in 'your' pool!! Just rest assured that they will be gone in a week or two ... those new year's resolutioners, who are not like the Janathoners who will continue!!

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  3. Paintedrunner18 January 2011 at 22:25

    well done, in tough conditions.

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  4. Anonymous18 January 2011 at 22:26

    Well done on pushing through the crowds - I avoided my pool this evening as it was too full... Good luck for tomorrow.

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  5. buryblue19 January 2011 at 16:07

    I am sure swimming makes a good change from all of the running you have done - swimming pool etiquetee is an education in its own right see this site http://hubpages.com/hub/Swimming-Pool-Etiquette

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