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@dooks
Turned up with a mate for Otter masters at 7 to find they didn't start till 8. Managed to blag our way into a "Swim for Tri" class that was just starting instead. Was fun just blasting freestyle sprints (18x50m on 2mins at 100%) for an hour. Don't think i'll be going back to that though as it's all freestyle and there wasn't anywhere to progress really... I started in the third of four lanes but quickly got bumped up to the fastest lane and was leading that after one set. Was fun racing the one other guy who was at a similar pace to me. They set it up so we went off together and tried to beat each other and retain our times. Managed to keep within a second of my opening 36 second gambit for 50m. Certainly got a good workout.
The pool at Guys is small with narrow lanes, hot and not all that clean. Hung around after to chat to the Otter coach and watch them train for a bit. He was super nice and said to come back next week at the right time. To give a comparison he reckoned we'd be in the slowest of the four lanes in that club. The top two lanes are strictly the preserve of their olympian and european masters champions. eek.