When I swim the sidestroke I feel all twisted up and much more concerned about staying afloat than I am about keeping my legs together, and making sure my left arm isn’t too far below the surface while keeping my right arm close to my body. Oh yeah and looking sideways, not up.
When I mentioned [...]
Teachers with characters make life interesting.
Bob, halfway through class: If I don’t work on your breathing I’m going to feel guilty.
Bob, end of class: Next week I’m going to come with a 2 x 4, and if you swing your head around again like that I’m going to whap you!
I should note that when Bob [...]
I have been told I am an inefficient swimmer, and I was ok with that. Hip issues have forced me to seek alternative forms of exercise, however, so I signed up for a beginning swimming course, since the advanced beginner specified that one must be able to “swim the length of the pool, using the [...]
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