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07-05-2006, 09:56 AM
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Thank goodness it is outdoor season
Yippee...it is outdoor pool season....I love swim training in the open air.
I guess that is all I had to say, except I regret being off here for the past month, now I have to catch up on everything.  |
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07-05-2006, 10:30 AM
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Our pool is outdoors all year - even in the snow. It sucks swimming with snow falling on your back. A wee bit chilly!
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07-05-2006, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by emartin10
Our pool is outdoors all year - even in the snow. It sucks swimming with snow falling on your back. A wee bit chilly!
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Seriously?? I have never heard of that. Still I would probably enjoy it too, as long as the pool is of the heated kind. |
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07-05-2006, 12:31 PM
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Yeah, it's a ski town too. Figure they'd put a roof up - but yeah, snow, rain, whatever --- outside...
It's kind of alright, try jumping in a 69 degree "heated" pool when it's snowing. Wakes you up in the morning for sure.
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07-05-2006, 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by emartin10
Yeah, it's a ski town too. Figure they'd put a roof up - but yeah, snow, rain, whatever --- outside...
It's kind of alright, try jumping in a 69 degree "heated" pool when it's snowing. Wakes you up in the morning for sure.
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Dude..I am a pretty hardcore swimmer, but the minute I saw 69 degrees, I have to ask why you would go in? That is wetsuit temp. to me...but then again I am a wimp.
okay nevermind why you do it, I just saw you log on training for your HIM..Way to go. you are a frigging animal.....damn.
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07-06-2006, 05:33 AM
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Martin..I do not know how you do it man  69 degrees with snow falling??? YIkes!!!!!...I was in the pool yesterday and the air temp was about 73, the water was a helluva a lot warmer, and I was freezing, as were the rest of my team. In fact we started dropping our pace times just so we didn't have to stand around in the pool shivering.
Granted there was a lot of wind, making us feel colder then it actually was (The pool is about 6 stories off the ground, along the Lake Ontario shoreline in Toronto.)  |
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07-06-2006, 07:41 AM
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69? That's warm. As a kid, I used to swim into 50 - 60 degree water in summer. The Atlantic ocean never really gets warm  . It sure does cool you off during the heat waves.
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07-06-2006, 08:03 AM
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69? That's warm. As a kid, I used to swim into 50 - 60 degree water in summer. The Atlantic ocean never really gets warm . It sure does cool you off during the heat waves. |
Hey Mountain..Atlantic Ocean??...I assume you are originally from the East Coast....? |
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07-06-2006, 08:06 AM
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Hey Mountain..Atlantic Ocean??...I assume you are originally from the East Coast....?
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I am! Moncton, New Brunswick.
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07-06-2006, 08:13 AM
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Cool...I have never gone past Quebec City going East...but I hope to rectify that next year or so....
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07-06-2006, 08:30 AM
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Cooler than pirates.
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MEH!
Alberta is where all the cool people live!
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113 of 285 competitors.
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07-06-2006, 08:39 AM
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MEH!
Alberta is where all the cool people live!
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Then why are you there?
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07-06-2006, 08:56 AM
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Cooler than pirates.
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I want to be cool.
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500m swim, 16km bike, 3km run: 1:17:26.70.
113 of 285 competitors.
So, now you're 96 cals short. You're now in starvation mode. Doomed.
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Confusion- Newest blog post 06/07/08
LifeExplore - What's going on in my life?
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07-06-2006, 08:57 AM
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Ouch...hey boys...lets not start fighting amongst ourselves....remember we are the Worlds friendliest people. I think  |
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07-06-2006, 09:09 AM
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Yeah, that's why your national sport is fighting...oops, I mean hockey!
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07-06-2006, 09:12 AM
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Cooler than pirates.
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No it's really lacrosse. We are just good at hockey
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500m swim, 16km bike, 3km run: 1:17:26.70.
113 of 285 competitors.
So, now you're 96 cals short. You're now in starvation mode. Doomed.
- LostDog
Confusion- Newest blog post 06/07/08
LifeExplore - What's going on in my life?
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07-06-2006, 09:14 AM
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OG is correct...
Hockey is our official WINTER sport.....
Our official summer sport is Lacrosse....which is just like hockey with grass and running shoes instead of Ice and Skates... |
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07-06-2006, 09:15 AM
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Cooler than pirates.
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and in LAX the term cross checking as a defensive maneuver
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500m swim, 16km bike, 3km run: 1:17:26.70.
113 of 285 competitors.
So, now you're 96 cals short. You're now in starvation mode. Doomed.
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Confusion- Newest blog post 06/07/08
LifeExplore - What's going on in my life?
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07-06-2006, 11:01 AM
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Yeah, you guys are sooooooo friendly! (as I get cross checked into the next county)
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