Swimming was lovely today again, very relaxing. If itās too busy in the lanes then I get a bit anxious, but today was nice and quiet!
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Oh lovely, our pool was so busy so definitely experienced lane anxiety. I am a medium lane swimmer really, but had to go in the fast lane as kept overtaking in the medium, only to be faced with the same problem in the fast. Got a little frustrating as had to keep holding back as one man clearly didnāt want me passing him 
Still, enjoyed when I was able to get into a good rhythm, and loved doing handstands etc. with my daughter.
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Hi thanks for asking. Hmm at the moment the sea is way wild, impossible to go for a swim.
Anyway, i donāt really see myself as a swimmer as such. I just go to the beach, see how i feel about taking a swim. But iād say i hardly ever swim for more than 15 minutes in one go. Itās more to clear the mind a bit, feel alive (especially when the water is cold which is not now).
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Oh I have such lane rage. Similar to motorway driving in the middle lane to be honestā¦ 
Glad you went and glad you enjoyed. I loved my session, so relaxing. Bet your daughter loved it too
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Cannae help itā¦
Heading out in about half hour. Iām sad I wonāt get to see our Betty England play. Half expect to see her in the Chelsea stand 
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I had a 2500 in a 50 meter sized pool today 
But nowā¦ I got the āyardā thing 
Was confused.
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I just need to shortly report about the energy during my swim yesterday.
I was just smashing itā¦ Like nothing.
This power surprised me!
And of course - it was so much fun.
Will c how it goes tonight
I love swimmimg 
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Iām going Thursday evening as well. Did my third ā5kmā training run today at lunch. Felt good and my muscles are crying a little bit it feels so good.
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My days, how many laps is 1km?
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1 km = 2,5 laps
How cool that you can joyn a Sauna directly thereā¦ Heard about hot tub too. Hmm we donāt have that. Sauna is a separate area you have to pay extra for and germans are doing there mixed fully naked fkk things there 
I had a real strange mood todayā¦
The swim today was helpful.
2200 meters
I had skin irritation (mentally caused obviously) and I showered with extra sensitive stuff and used sensitive body oil directly in the shower on my wet skin. Ouuuuh skin is at eaaase now.
Happy swimming - peaceful mind
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Feeling the feels for swimmingā¦ Iāve brought my costume and my dry robeā¦
Gonna brave it later on!
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A gentle flow for a gentle flow
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So iāve changed my schedule to break my plateau and get more sleep. I now swim first thing in the morning. The pool opens at 7am and i try to get in a 20 min HIIT swim. So i found that i had more energy for this swim than my afternoon swims! I just felt more powerful in the pool. That was a welcome change. I stopped eating around 4:45pm yesterday so i did a 14 hour fasted workout, which is just burning fat. Now that iām doing this it allows me to do 2-a-days, doing a lift in the evening before coming home. I want to drop another 30 lbs before i turn 43 next mark. My focus is back on sleep, swimming, protein, and walking as my techniques again. Good start so far! (please note, that 57 min duration is only because i forgot to turn my watch off swim mode, itās really like 20 minutes)
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Well I went to the pool during my ālunchā hour today and it was a bleeding nightmare, never again. Half of us trying to cram a lunch time power swim in whilst itās sunny and light outside, and the other half there to dangle and chill with not a care in the world. I wonāt point fingers at a certain age group, but needless to say they didnāt have an afternoon to get back to at workā¦
At one point, two ladies were told by the life guard to get out the slow lane as they were too slow for it ( they were dangling around like dead water spiders, Iād even kicked one a few times from a different lane). So ā¦ The good ladies decided to get to general swim through the slow, middle and fast lanesā¦ Right thru the middle, in gangling dead spider fashion. It caused a pile up in every lane of limbs and spluttering folk mid forward crawl (at speed). I went into the chap in front of me, he almost went underā¦ It was crazy.
The best is that - like bad drivers- they didnāt have any idea that this has happened. 
Sticking to evening swimming from now on, in the dark and late slotsā¦
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That sounds awful, but also hilarious Stick with the evening swims. I never understand people swimming up and down and having a chat, but that is next level!
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You told this like a short story, that was hilarious, great writing BTW.
āDangling around like dead water spidersā - love it
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I kind of made a mistake this morning, i get to the pool at 705, see an opening (mind you without my glasses, only my goggles) i plunge in and begin to swim, and halfway down, i almost hit a guy that was in my lane. I just couldnāt see him. I thought since the pool opens at 7 there would only maybe be a couple of people, nope, these folks clearly have there routine and they looked at me like, āWhat are you doing here?ā But it turned out fine, there was one lane left, i took it and i was happy.
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Poor you! 
Thereās a breed of swimmer that knows EVERYTHING about the poolā¦ Times, lanes, showersā¦ The holy OG of swimmers.
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I was used to the afternoon crew that swims around 345 - 430. Thatās my people. I was wondering if there was going to be some kind of initiation into the āmorningā swimmersā¦
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