15 January 2010

Swimming contraband

I got up early to swim this morning only to find a pool full of master's swimmers (read as no lanes).  So I sat in the hot tub and watched.  They were doing 25s and I thought, h3ll I can do 25s.  It looked like they were sprinting one way and lollygagging on the way back, something I know I can do.  Then they started sprinting 25s and hanging out at the wall for a long time.  Again, one of my specialties.

What I got out watching them is, "I can do that." So then I swam. And after I swam I got something else out of the effort, someone had left their set list glued to a kickboard. With a quick glance around to see if anyone was watching, I surreptitiously peeled it off and ran into the locker room. I had info!




I looked over the intervals they were doing and they all looked do-able. Except maybe the 100s I'll need to add 15 seconds to. And it fits my pace, about 2000 yards in an hour. I've never swam that long but I do about 1100 to 1200 yards in half an hour so I should be able to get to 2000 in double the time.

I'm going to give it a shot this weekend and if I can do this, I can try to get up at 6AM one morning and see how the slow lane feels.

3 comments:

  1. EricTJanuary 15, 2010 at 12:24 PM

    Haha excellent work, but I doubt the masters swimmers view their old set list as the coveted secret document you make it out to be :)

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  2. EVK4January 15, 2010 at 12:26 PM

    Then you explain why there was only one left at the pool...where'd the rest go? Probably the shredder or a secret vault somewhere.

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  3. O DockerJanuary 15, 2010 at 12:59 PM

    Oh geesh, some swimmer you are!

    You don't steal the set list, you microfilm it surreptiously with your Minox and then sew the microfilm into the waistband of your swim trunks.

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