Many in the Pool

I hopped in the pool to find that I had forgotten my swim clip, so I had to hop right back out to get it. *sigh*

The pool was quite busy this evening, three people in each lane once I got in. I always find it interesting to see the different personality types. In my lane were a triathlete and a girl who seemed quite enamored of that fact. In the lane next to mine were another triathlete, who seemed to know the first, an older guy I've never seen before and an older woman who I see in the pool on occasion. In the fast lane were an older man who obviously swims frequently, a young hot-shot who seemed solely interested in swimming as fast as humanly possible and another swimmer, seemingly between the two. I bring this up because I always feel awkward when the another athlete engages me in conversation. Yet, they seem to be completely at ease speaking to each other. The two triathletes told war stories and chatted with the girl in my lane every time they stopped (which was frequently). My main set this evening allowed for 20 seconds of rest time every 100m, so I was often in the shallow end listening to them talk, yet never feeling the desire to chime in. I feel horribly awkward around other athletes. I feel like an imposter.

Other than that, my swim was actually quite good. I successfully completed my main set as intended and felt very strong throughout. Fortunately, the athletes in my lane moved on and were replaced with a pair of odd gentlemen both swimming breast stroke in close proximity to each other. Easy to swim with them. No bother.

Drills went well both before and after my main set. I particularly liked the new fist drill that I did. Instead of sets of 50, I would do sets of 100 for that one.