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@dooks
Must get hold of that Waterlog book. Looks great. Must get out in open water more often.
Got to 50 mins of pretty consistent freestyle on Tuesday before overcrowding forced me out. Going to try and get an hour in tonight. Less than two weeks till Swimathon!
Have we had any discussion about the Olympic pool yet? i got into an argument with my wife (ha, still not used to saying that) the other day over it.
My point: Britain is pretty decent at swimming and has a chance of winning medals in 2012, further raising the already incresing profile of and participation in the sport and that generally being a good thing for kids, the future of the sport and all that follows from that. I think it's a fucking crime that there are no Olympic pools in or even near London. There are only 7 in the entire country and one in the south. Portsmouth I think? Swimming, like cycling is perceived as minority (as is anything not football pretty much) interest in this country and is woefully underfunded. And here's a great opportunity to have a world class venue and training facility in London at no extra cost. They MUST keep the Olympic pool as a full and useable Olympic pool.
Her Point: The people who live in the area want wave machine, baby pool and flumes not 50 metres of 10 lanes.
My Point: it's already built - keep it! build or refurbish another little pool nearby if that's what the local people really want/need but I’d hazard a guess that there are enough leisure pools available to fulfil that need. What there is a massive lack of, is facilities to encourage and develop athletes.
Her point. Shut up. You can train in any pool and if you get good enough that you need "proper" facilities - you go to Manchester or Loughborough on a sports scholarship.
My point: No YOU shut up.
Can anyone resolve this for us? Does anyone know what's happening to it? I started the conversation after remembering hearing an MP on the radio a couple of years ago placating angry flume-hungry residents by claiming they'd add wave machines, a shallow and flumes after the Olympics. Nooooooo