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10-13-2007, 04:09 AM
Pensive

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Originally Posted by SleepyWitch

another of my infamous swimming boasts:
I hadn't really done my weekly swimming in ages (i.e. I my 3000 m a week). if I could find the time to go to the pool, all I managed was 2000m crawl (crawling is an energy-saving technique, so it's a lot more relaxed than breast stroke).
yesterday, my best friend and me went swimming and I did 1500m crawl and 1500 m breaststroke. :banana: when I started doing the breast stroke the insight of my thighs hurt so bad I thought I'd tear a muscle any second. that probably means "Sleepy you are a lazy fat old woman, do more breast stroke!"

my long term aim is to go twice a week and do 3000m breaststroke on my and 2000m crawl with my best friend.

Unfamiliar I am with swimming and can't probably judge what distance covered in what time is considered really good but this sounds very nice! Congratulations! :)
10-13-2007, 04:21 AM
SleepyWitch

thanks Pensy.
3000 m is quiet a bit, but when you do it every week (like I used to) it's not that much. some people do 5000m crawl in one go! I swim for endurance, so I don't care how fast/slow I am.
I think most recreational swimmers will do something like 1000m for every time they go, if they don't chatter too much.
edit: you can see the swimming records for professional competitive swimmers here. the longest distance they seem to do is 1500 m, but those are races. they aim for speed, so they do half the distance I do but are double or tree times as fast.
10-13-2007, 05:22 PM
Virgil

Quote:

Originally Posted by SleepyWitch

another of my infamous swimming boasts:
I hadn't really done my weekly swimming in ages (i.e. I my 3000 m a week). if I could find the time to go to the pool, all I managed was 2000m crawl (crawling is an energy-saving technique, so it's a lot more relaxed than breast stroke).
yesterday, my best friend and me went swimming and I did 1500m crawl and 1500 m breaststroke. :banana: when I started doing the breast stroke the insight of my thighs hurt so bad I thought I'd tear a muscle any second. that probably means "Sleepy you are a lazy fat old woman, do more breast stroke!"

my long term aim is to go twice a week and do 3000m breaststroke on my and 2000m crawl with my best friend.

Outstanding Sleepy. I am such an inefficient swimmer that I don't think I could do 200m without stopping.
10-14-2007, 04:33 AM
SleepyWitch

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Originally Posted by Virgil

Outstanding Sleepy. I am such an inefficient swimmer that I don't think I could do 200m without stopping.

yeah, but I haven't really done my 3000m breasstroke in ages. it's one thing to do after a couple of lazy weeks, but it's a totally different matter to build up enough discipline to do it every week (although it gets a lot easier when you go every week). grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, i'm a lazy witch
10-14-2007, 11:51 AM
Virgil

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Originally Posted by SleepyWitch

yeah, but I haven't really done my 3000m breasstroke in ages. it's one thing to do after a couple of lazy weeks, but it's a totally different matter to build up enough discipline to do it every week (although it gets a lot easier when you go every week). grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, i'm a lazy witch

Ah, but you look so thin in your pictures. You're fine. With you're phisique you just need to excercise for fun. Just quit the smoking and you'll lve to 100. :)
10-14-2007, 11:55 AM
kiz_paws

Sleepy, that is wonderful. Good for you! :)
10-16-2007, 01:35 AM
Pensive

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Originally Posted by Virgil

Just quit the smoking

Yes!

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10-16-2007, 02:23 AM
SleepyWitch

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Originally Posted by Virgil

Ah, but you look so thin in your pictures. You're fine. With you're phisique you just need to excercise for fun. Just quit the smoking and you'll lve to 100. :)

thin? me? I'm average at best and I still have 3 kg more than before I went to England. :blush:
10-16-2007, 09:14 AM
Niamh

but you are thin sleepy! Wow i wish i could do all that swimming! been along time since i went swimming. started again a few weeks ago and i'm lucky if i can manage 60m!:lol:

My boast... I made jam!:D
10-16-2007, 09:28 AM
Virgil

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Originally Posted by SleepyWitch

thin? me? I'm average at best and I still have 3 kg more than before I went to England. :blush:

Come on Sleepy. You're thin. Don't be anorexic. We all put on about 3 kg in our mid twenties. You're not a teenager.
10-16-2007, 10:23 AM
BibliophileTRJ

My first boast, and maybe my last....

I've finally finished my preparations for dropping out of life!! I've sold or given away nearly everything I own. I just got back from buying a lovely new (used, but new to me) boat that I've fallen in love with. All I have to do now is tie up the last few loose ends of my life.... mostly say my goodbyes to the people that I've grown fond of. In a week I fly back to Shanghai to take possession of my boat and I'm off on the adventure of a lifetime!! I plan to sail around the world as many times as I can and see everything that I've ever read about and wanted to see.

I'm so excited that I can barely sit still to type this.

Thank you all for making my time here so pleasant. Thanks to all of my online friends (you know who you are ... I'm not going to make a list because I'm afraid that I'd forget someone and possibly offend) for being there for me when I needed to vent about my troubles and brag about my triumphs.

I love you all and will miss you as I drift about on the 7 seas. (where I can finally sing at the top of my lungs without anyone hearing me and begging me to stop the torture)
10-16-2007, 10:32 AM
Niamh

While you are sailing around the world you could pop by and say hello.:( We could all give you a tour of our locality.
you will log on when you take trips onto dry land wont you?:(
10-16-2007, 10:51 AM
Virgil

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Originally Posted by BibliophileTRJ

My first boast, and maybe my last....

I've finally finished my preparations for dropping out of life!! I've sold or given away nearly everything I own. I just got back from buying a lovely new (used, but new to me) boat that I've fallen in love with. All I have to do now is tie up the last few loose ends of my life.... mostly say my goodbyes to the people that I've grown fond of. In a week I fly back to Shanghai to take possession of my boat and I'm off on the adventure of a lifetime!! I plan to sail around the world as many times as I can and see everything that I've ever read about and wanted to see.

I'm so excited that I can barely sit still to type this.

Thank you all for making my time here so pleasant. Thanks to all of my online friends (you know who you are ... I'm not going to make a list because I'm afraid that I'd forget someone and possibly offend) for being there for me when I needed to vent about my troubles and brag about my triumphs.

I love you all and will miss you as I drift about on the 7 seas. (where I can finally sing at the top of my lungs without anyone hearing me and begging me to stop the torture)

Wow that is fantastic Bib. That will be some adventure. I wish you the best of luck and safety. I'll be sorry to see you go from lit net, but hopefully as you stop in at some port you can find an internet cafe and fill us in on your adventures. :)

One more thing. Hopefully you'll keep a journal. Could make an interesting book some day. :)
10-16-2007, 10:52 AM
Scheherazade

Good luck, TRJ! You will be missed very much here. Hope you don't forget to let us know whenever you get a chance.

Btw, thought you suffered from sea sickness?
10-16-2007, 11:00 AM
papayahed

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Originally Posted by Virgil

One more thing. Hopefully you'll keep a journal. Could make an interesting book some day. :)

:thumbs_up :D :D That's What I've Been Saying!!!!!!!!

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