Heh, you're going to be getting a lot of these. Today in Taper:
My lane, consisting of six girls, sang songs. Not quietly, and not similar songs. They varied each time we hit the wall and we never finished any of them. We drove everybody crazy, but what did we care? We reenacted inside jokes, such as "What's in the water?" and "Breastroke? Breastroke? WE DON'T NEED NO STINKING BREASTROKE!" and "Do you feel violated yet?" and "This is how I'd (insert an action) if I had no arms!" Oh, good times, good times. Our coaches were muttering, "I hate taper" over and over again. It made me grin. Then we were told to do eight entire 50's on 1:15, and no faster. In case you're wondering, that is actually really hard. We have to get creative.
Some people cope with this requirement by doing flips down the pool and back, non-stop. Wow. I can't do that. Sometimes the drill "corkscrew" works (I'm not going to try to explain corkscrew), but that just makes you sick and you don't get any air. My method was less dizzying, but it certainly required more skill (no, I'm not conceited; I'm the humblest person I know). I swam backwards--not backstroke; backwards--for a third of the pool, then swam slowly but normally for the remaining time. I did this in both directions. The result was that I slowed up the people behind me, but I came in on exactly the right time. When that became too mentally taxing, I resorted to climbing underwater along the lane line like a monkey and resting at the far wall to make up the difference in time. This was less skill-intensive, but much more relaxing. Swimming backwards takes thought! You try it sometime, and you'll see what I mean. It takes coordination. I think I almost have a method for it, though. But everything's backwards, and you can't kick hard, or you won't move, but you can't just not kick, or your feet will sink. Rotation becomes crucial, if only to remind you to do your stroke recovery right.
Hah, I bet this makes hardly any sense. That's okay though; Taper rarely makes sense to anyone but swimmers.
Mwahaha! The guys are going to freeze tomorrow night. *evil cackle*
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Pretty much! Taper means nothing to me! It might to my friend but deffidently not me! Well you should comment on my blog some time! Do you think it is akward to be commenting someone you barely know?
-Nicole
it makes some sense to me! that's funny. i wish that i swam sometimes, but enough said with that. i like my land legs, shoulders, non-chorine saturated skin. mwhahaha! i'm excited to get my film though. i think that i will come take some shots at the pool. maybe. the light might not be what i would have it. dunno. i need to ponder.
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