tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988009473800206542.post7570800819020440367..comments2023-10-23T23:12:27.656+08:00Comments on Genetically Challenged Athlete: WaterloggedGracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08281336239355942919noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988009473800206542.post-10922617665009987142014-12-13T00:19:36.257+08:002014-12-13T00:19:36.257+08:00Try using rubber bands to keep track of your lap. ...Try using rubber bands to keep track of your lap. Take 10 rubber band (The regular red colour ones) and tie them on your left wrist. For every 2 laps, transfer one to your right hand. When you have finish transferring from one hand to the other, you know you have completed 20 laps!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988009473800206542.post-91616906941348355772014-10-02T10:12:21.736+08:002014-10-02T10:12:21.736+08:00Thanks! The ankle is much better - I went for a tr...Thanks! The ankle is much better - I went for a trundle today. As for figuring out pool length - take stroke count for a known pool length (eg roughly 50 strokes to get across a 50-metre pool) and apply to mystery pool length :) Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08281336239355942919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988009473800206542.post-30930028078203540262014-10-01T07:29:36.625+08:002014-10-01T07:29:36.625+08:00How on earth do you count metres using strokes? H...How on earth do you count metres using strokes? How many metres do you estimate a stroke to be? <br /><br />Hope the ankle is better soon! <3Shoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02885749232987220181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988009473800206542.post-86833929776401935732014-09-27T14:47:47.365+08:002014-09-27T14:47:47.365+08:00Brilliant, thank you! :) Brilliant, thank you! :) Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08281336239355942919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988009473800206542.post-3970452420608522492014-09-26T22:45:00.822+08:002014-09-26T22:45:00.822+08:00Ugh...swimming, I hate it. But you're doing we...Ugh...swimming, I hate it. But you're doing well to keep going. I twisted my ankle several times last year so keep doing those exercises and get well xxCathrynhttp://myheartscontentblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988009473800206542.post-3560955884307252662014-09-26T08:00:35.224+08:002014-09-26T08:00:35.224+08:00Those are cheap pools for sure! Those are cheap pools for sure! Graciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05641028266038110278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988009473800206542.post-67441480400836713722014-09-26T04:43:11.797+08:002014-09-26T04:43:11.797+08:00I can understand how hard it is to count laps. See...I can understand how hard it is to count laps. Seems like it should be an easy task for an intelligent, educated woman but the mind drifts mid-lap and even if you're chanting six, six, six subliminally you get to the end and think was the six for the one I've just done or the one I'm going to do? <br /><br />My only thought is to get a waterproof watch and go by time.Charhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13819714901550763235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988009473800206542.post-32766113584855550652014-09-25T13:51:46.707+08:002014-09-25T13:51:46.707+08:00Pennies are a good idea. But, a random factoid: th...Pennies are a good idea. But, a random factoid: the Singapore mint stopped minting one-cent coins a few years ago. I'd have to vacuum my childhood bedroom and look under my parents' sofa to find enough pennies. ;) I've actually taken to using hair ties on my waterbottle - one every ten laps. Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08281336239355942919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988009473800206542.post-6101834073100503472014-09-25T13:48:36.809+08:002014-09-25T13:48:36.809+08:00Oh yes, there is always the usual complement of se...Oh yes, there is always the usual complement of senior citizens floating up and down (and sometimes width-ways ACROSS) the pool zigzagging slightly, and on weekends you have multiple swim classes' worth of little kids all going back and forth at the same time, but our public pools are very good at demarcating with lane ropes: HERE is the paddling section. HERE is the lap swim section. HERE is the swimming-lesson space. It's swimmers' paradise. <br /><br />I can definitely walk just fine - it's nowhere nearly as bad as the major sprain I had when I was 18. No pain, just a little wobbly. Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08281336239355942919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988009473800206542.post-20140268710215503712014-09-25T12:57:39.542+08:002014-09-25T12:57:39.542+08:00You would hate my pool. It's only 20 yards (1...You would hate my pool. It's only 20 yards (18.3 m). I used it find it comforting when I first started swimming, but now that I've gotten a little better, it's definitely too short. <br /><br />I'm horrible at counting laps. Sometimes I use pennies in sets of 5.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691910446074747797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988009473800206542.post-14510348111359926582014-09-25T12:33:44.793+08:002014-09-25T12:33:44.793+08:00Awesome you have access to so many (cheap!) pools!...Awesome you have access to so many (cheap!) pools! That is wonderful. When I would attempt to swim in China, I often had to share a lane with about a dozen other people if I went to a big pool and they were going in all different directions. Sometimes I went to a smaller (expensive) hotel pool which I could have to myself but it was cold as anything and not very appealing to go in the winter :)<br />Keep on being patient with the ankle! I am sure it will get there soon. How is walking?Amy Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03377968154311447911noreply@blogger.com