What's a "lap" anyway?

[cjsmith]

If a "lap" is out and back, then I did ten laps this morning. My arms are pathetic. I hope to ramp up slowly.

Before 8AM, there are three swim lanes: slow, medium, and fast. This morning I learned I am solidly medium. I held my place with the guys in that lane just fine.

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[rampling.livejournal.com]

If your ears still feel annoyingly full of water after a swim, you can use Swim-EAR drops (http://www.wellcene.co.uk/cgi-bin/loadpage.cgi?user_id=320&file=w-swimear.html) to get rid of the water. Has always worked great for me, so I'm never left with that annoying feeling. I think you can also just use some sort of alcohol, if you put the right sort in a dropper bottle, but I never went to all that trouble since the little Swim-EAR bottles lasted quite a long time for me.

And, yeah, if your stroke is that... ummm... "special"... I'd suggest even more strongly that you find a way to take a swimming class or go to some sort of stroke clinic. Or maybe you could even beg a local Serious Swimmer friend to give you some pointers. I doubt swimming can be much fun when you're fighting the water more than gliding in it!