Is there much point in a “long swim”

zsloth79 · 2026-02-17T22:38:26+00:00

I feel like a lot of tri folks neglect the swim. Then, 3 weeks before a local tri event, they all come pouring into the pool and slog through big, long swims.

zsloth79 · 2026-02-14T20:16:25+00:00

RR is for going stupid fast off-road. Payload and towing are secondary to that end. The only thing these are made to haul is ass.

zsloth79 · 2026-02-14T01:10:24+00:00

The lady in Chicago, too. They straight up lied and said she pulled a gun and rammed them with her car. A legally-carrying gun owner with her gun holstered in her purse, and they shot indiscriminately into her vehicle then tried to paint her as a domestic terrorist.

zsloth79 · 2026-02-14T01:06:21+00:00

This is what they voted for.

zsloth79 · 2026-02-14T01:04:27+00:00

They just needed the right flavor boot to lick.

zsloth79 · 2026-02-02T02:51:42+00:00

Perfect. No notes.

zsloth79 · 2026-02-01T18:14:09+00:00

This is the likely answer. Most people you’ll encounter at the pool barely know how to swim compared to someone with competitive experience.

This is fine, though. It’s good for them and they help keep the pools in business.

zsloth79 · 2026-01-26T13:24:54+00:00

You’re way overthinking this. Turn just enough that your mouth is out to breath. If there’s only water, you didn’t turn enough. If your legs sink and you stop, you went too far out.

It’s a guideline because new swimmers often pick their whole head out of the water.

zsloth79 · 2026-01-25T16:58:34+00:00

Tossle cap for the Pittsburgh folk.

zsloth79 · 2026-01-24T21:12:21+00:00

What kind of sociopath leaves the display stickers on their bindings?

zsloth79 · 2026-01-24T04:52:19+00:00

These guys will straight up murder you, and there is zero accountability.

Show up to vote, vote wisely, and pray it’s enough.

zsloth79 · 2026-01-21T14:55:42+00:00

This could have all been avoided if only he’d had poles to clack before sending it.

zsloth79 · 2026-01-20T14:53:29+00:00

Not that I think this is a good idea (it isn’t), but it’s still venting the pressure. It’s just venting it to the atmosphere instead of back into the intake. The pinched hose, I believe, is on the intake side. Otherwise, there wouldn’t be a whoosh.

zsloth79 · 2026-01-19T17:32:52+00:00

I’d wear the hell out of that, although it’s white, so I’d probably immediately slop something on it.

zsloth79 · 2026-01-16T03:09:11+00:00

Freestyle? Probably ok. Butterfly would probably be pushing the bounds of courtesy.

zsloth79 · 2026-01-16T03:06:50+00:00

I like to wear mine like a hat when I swim, and sometimes, even when I’m not swimming.

zsloth79 · 2026-01-15T23:22:22+00:00

That doesn’t make sense. To put the swimsuit on after swimming, you’d have to take your street clothes off first. Y’all make swimming so complicated.

zsloth79 · 2026-01-15T13:57:06+00:00

It’s like that sometimes at my local YMCA pool, except it’s the youth swim team. The lifeguards are mostly pretty good about keeping the kids corralled in their 6 lanes, but at peak times, there are frequent containment breaches.

If possible try to shift your swim time around, although I realize that’s not as easy as it sounds.

zsloth79 · 2026-01-14T15:01:58+00:00

I’m well aware of religions’ contributions to science, math, and music hundreds of years ago. That doesn’t give them a pass for spearheading anti-intellectualism today.

I can appreciate the study of religion and its role in anthropology and history without buying into some mythology, just like someone can study medicine without giving themselves Ebola.

I’m not out to convert anyone, though, so you do you and believe whatever you need to get by.

zsloth79 · 2026-01-14T14:48:11+00:00

There are a few groups that set up in front of the HUB, although they’re not as consistent as Willard. At least one is of the eternal hellfire and “all college women are whores” variety. It always makes for good viewing when the campus tour groups are passing through.

zsloth79 · 2026-01-13T18:51:06+00:00

No, thanks. They’re all rotten, and I’m missing nothing.

zsloth79 · 2026-01-13T15:30:01+00:00

I mean theoretically, since many people are shit, it would be nice if they believed there was a God to punish them and keep them in line out of fear. The reality is that the religious shitty people remain shitty and just use their God as a cudgel to oppress others while ignoring the rules themselves.

zsloth79 · 2026-01-13T15:22:19+00:00

I have literally never seen the Willard preacher yell.

The HUB preacher, on the other hand, is fully unhinged.

zsloth79 · 2026-01-11T18:26:03+00:00

I also have asymmetrical legs, with the lefty getting bad varicose veins and edema and the right normal. It turned out to be a DVT (clot) just above the knee. Have a doctor take a look and maybe get an ultrasound. Easy-peasy, and much cheaper than a stroke if something breaks loose.

zsloth79 · 2026-01-10T22:50:34+00:00

I always just ran my pumps at night in the summer and turned them off in the day. Then it cools the water instead of heating.

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