SWIM 32mins 1100y
WU 200 swim, 100 kick
MS 3x200 as 50 balance, 50 cadence, 50 arm position, 50 swim
CD 200 choice
A bit frustrating while swimming today to share my lane with a guy who looks like he swims worse than I do but just as fast. Or slow, rather. I think he's trying to swim TI [on his side, quiet arms with sharply bent elbows, whole body below the water] but he's a bit of a swimwreck. Above water all you see is arms methodically coming straight up over his body, not at all out to the side and moving like machines in a studied, clockwork-like fashion. Underwater, he is U-shaped with hips low, arms in a weak sweep, and hips over-rotating. I watched a half length of his kicking, which he did on his back, and I never saw feet--just knees!
Sometimes I wonder what the lifeguard is thinking as she sits and watches us. They certainly see all types from up on their stand. The guy who takes 40+ strokes and barely moves, the dolphin-like woman who laps me, the guy who swims swims swims and never seems to rest. I know how bad I look, with my fish-tailing, weak catch and pull, bent neck, and lack of propulsion. Today's lifeguard was the one that gave me lessons way back in 2005, doubt she remembers me though. It's likely that she's going to avoid association with me, saying "oh no, I didn't teach her that!".
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