First OW swim this morning. OMFG it was cold!
Going to have to get a neoprene swim hat - debilitating ice-cream head.
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DL opens Monday.
No booking.
Will be there when the club opens at 6
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Our local DL has had the outdoor pool open and some outdoor classes for the last couple of weeks.
Yeah, same for mine, but the outdoor pool is 20m, only has one (not even a full) lane and then rest is old people doing head up breast stroke.
Waiting to see what @funkster has done,
But I went nice and short and nice and simple.
I’m 100% certain my shoulders will be thanking me at 2pm 
15 * 100m
Exuberant opening of 1:21
Followed by some shoulder burning 1:28-1:31
Had to recover at 900m with some stroking of the breast for a 1:43
Then back to 1:27-1:32, apart from one length of admin when some slow swimming came in and started flapping, then a cool down 100m
Think that’ll do for another three months
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Think I’d struggle to hit 2.00/100m!
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Unlike @Poet I have to work hard at swimming
Slow. Slow is what I’d did.
Pool was like a bath and poolside was like a sauna
10 x 100m off 1:45 - mostly 1:36
5 x 200m catch up with fins
1000m pull and paddles
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Yup!!!
So was our pool - showers were colder.
Not sure I’d want to do more than 30 minutes.
And…I did work hard at swimming…once upon a time.
I’m still reaping the benefits of that 
I love paddles, but will be avoiding them for a while, as my shoulders are already screaming, so don’t want to add that extra stress.
Easy one tomorrow, get used to the pull buoy again.
Full pool today at 6:15, so fins will have to stay packed away for a little while longer (technically, they’re “banned”, but were okay Nov/Dec as there were only two people to a Lane!)
Here’s a bit of mine, with the death lap highlighted 
So true. I had to walk out with sweat still gushing from my forehead into the snow just to cool down.
For some reason they haven’t filled the pool up fully, so the shallow end was really shallow. I swear they swapped the lane signs after I started and the Fast Lane became the Slow lane which was funny…well to me anyway as I startled the geriatrics.
First swim of the year in the lido this morning, and it’s snowing!!! Quite nice in the water, but my feet and hands were frozen within 2 minutes of getting out. Not swim fit at all.
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Dunno if suitable thread… but;
Is it correct that club pool swim sessions cant start until the May date? But public sessions are open now?
Or has anyone got club sessions starting and ours have got duff info?
Our club aren’t starting sessions until May. They’ve said you can go and use the pool as an individual (as a paying member of the public) in those same slots until then.
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Ok I’d be fine with that - I just cant swim with “the public” - it doesnt end well 
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yep only indoor U18 sessions from today, no masters. pools are open though for adults in public sessions
Theres some logic here I’m missing - right??
So I can go to the pool for hours each day and mix with different people… but I cant mix with the same people for 2 hours a week.
If the club have reserved those lanes they are breaking the rules. Club will not be insured, risk disciplinary and I’m assuming its the law also?
the logic is, by going alone you will not be mixing with anyone directly, but going with 30 club mates you will all be stood around “socialising”. Its also slowly opening things up and prioritising kids clubs first
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Sorry, I just meant that clubs normal timeslots will be available to use as a member of the public, until the club sessions start.
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Think thats my race in June fubarred then! No way I can get swim fit in a lake in 9 weeks.
I won’t be socialising with the public - too busy trying to smash their head in with my float!
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Right just booked a public session - 10 in a lane… can see this is gonna go well!
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