Swimming at My Own Pace - My Progresses 75
I go to an indoor pool nearby almost every Saturday to take exercise and relax my body stiffened from desk work on weekdays.
The pool I go regularly has 5 lanes, and 2 lanes are open for walk or swim freely.
The rest 3 lanes are for swimmers who can swim at least 25 meters.
Swimmers there are supposed to be swim without stopping or standing in the middle of the pool, and should keep to the right so that more than two swimmers can swim back and forth in one lane.
When the pool is crowded, four, five or more people are in the same lane, so the swimmers have to adjust paces for every swimmer can go smoothly.
One or two courses are often closed for visitors, exclusive for swimming classes, so sometimes the lane for visitors become even more crowded.
These days I swim from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. because the pool isn't so crowded. I can swim relatively at my own pace.
Another factor, however, still prevent me from swimming at my own pace.
When there is a swimmer is in the next lane, my attention is sometimes drawn to the swimmer, and make my pace faster to feel that "I'm superior". Even if the swimmer next lane is much faster than I, I'm tempted to raise my pace.
When I try to race, I'm deviated from one goal of my swimming, relaxing my body.
Slowing down regardless of the pace of other swimmer and keeping to my own pace is the key to take advantage of swimming as a relaxation from work on weekdays.
The pool I go regularly has 5 lanes, and 2 lanes are open for walk or swim freely.
The rest 3 lanes are for swimmers who can swim at least 25 meters.
Swimmers there are supposed to be swim without stopping or standing in the middle of the pool, and should keep to the right so that more than two swimmers can swim back and forth in one lane.
When the pool is crowded, four, five or more people are in the same lane, so the swimmers have to adjust paces for every swimmer can go smoothly.
One or two courses are often closed for visitors, exclusive for swimming classes, so sometimes the lane for visitors become even more crowded.
These days I swim from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. because the pool isn't so crowded. I can swim relatively at my own pace.
Another factor, however, still prevent me from swimming at my own pace.
When there is a swimmer is in the next lane, my attention is sometimes drawn to the swimmer, and make my pace faster to feel that "I'm superior". Even if the swimmer next lane is much faster than I, I'm tempted to raise my pace.
When I try to race, I'm deviated from one goal of my swimming, relaxing my body.
Slowing down regardless of the pace of other swimmer and keeping to my own pace is the key to take advantage of swimming as a relaxation from work on weekdays.
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