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[jack]

PS#1. What I do need is to recall a little technique. I never *did* like getting water on my eyes or nose, so I tend to revert to inefficient face-out-of-the-water versions :) By far the most pleasant (if not very efficient) was backstroke, being essentially lying down and going at whatever speed I liked.

PS#2. *hugs* Thanks to everyone who pointed out that that I'd actually swum reasonably far. When Dad and I were in practice we used to think 1km (40 lengths) was a decent session and 1m (64 lengths) a good session, and in retrospect I probably never found it easy, so in fact I was actually nearly as good as I ever was. We used to get through it by finding synonyms for each number and calling out as we went past :)

PS#3. I was examining the parkside timetable (here) and gave up in disgust. It's partitioned into "swim for all" "splash happy" "splash fitness" and orthogonally into "(laned)", "()" or "(disco)" with a coloured key, but it doesn't actually *say* what it means. I *infer* that it refers to the sorts of swimming that are permitted/encouraged, but it *sounds* like it means "leisure club members" and "kids". Does anyone know what it *does* mean?

Comments

[naath.livejournal.com]

Swim for all is when just anyone can go and swim. I can't remember if 'splash fitness' is something you just have to pay for or a state of the pool set up (it's an adult swim-for-fitness program); the other categories (like school swimming classes) mean that the pool is not available for public use. (laned) means, I think, that the whole pool is set up in lanes - ime there are always *some* lanes but I haven't gone at all possible times.

NB Jesus Green pool is *much* longer than Parkside.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Indeed, *more* than much, much might be only 1.5 times, but it's actually 4. However, however many miles long the lengths, anything in single figures feels short... :)

Ah, thanks. That's about what I thought.

[robhu.livejournal.com]

Splash happy means there isn't much space for swimming in lanes (if any) and there will be *lots* of kids splashing one another with rubber floats.

Splash fitness I think means there is some kind of training (maybe?)

You probably want the bit marked laned.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Yes, thanks.

And yes -- or at least, for what I was doing yesterday, though otoh, if I take it gently enough I may actually be more like a fun swimmer than a fitness swimmer.

[aldabra]

It's more fun swimming in the slow lane than through the kids in the unlaned bit, even so.

[arnhem.livejournal.com]

As far as I can tell, mapping what's on the timetable to what I've observed, there are four states that (parts of) the swimming pool can be in:

• public access, laned ("splash fitness")
  
• public access, not laned ("swim for all")
  
• public access, not laned, earsplitting disco music blaring over tannoy ("splash happy")
  
• reserved for club (or occasionally school) swimming.
  

Sometimes, they have half the pool laned and half not (the timetable makes this reasonably clear).

There's no difference in availability or cost to the public between the first three types, as far as I'm aware.

[arnhem.livejournal.com]

Oh, except I'm now confused by the existence of both "splash fitness (laned)" and "swim for all (laned)". I haven't been able to determine any difference between these two in practice.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Yes, I don't know if it *quite* adds up, but thank you! I think that permutation analysis does tell me everything I wanted to know! :)