f*ck 'em. Wear your goggles.
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10-17-2006, 09:04 PM #1
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10-17-2006, 09:08 PM #2Kitsune06 Guest
Thanks, Knot.
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10-17-2006, 09:47 PM #3
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I have very seldom seen a lap swimmer without goggles at my university pool.
We have a nice poster of the 4X100M world record holder Brian Jones (a local) with goggles, too. A few Canadian national team (not the best in the world in general, but you know...) also swim there (in the lane next to mine....!!) and also wear goggles.
They don't look like n00bs...
I really don't understand why one would absolutely want to expose her eyes to the chlorine vapors by NOT wearing goggles.Last edited by Grog; 10-17-2006 at 09:50 PM.
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10-18-2006, 02:04 AM #4
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I've never seen anyone swimming proper laps not wearing goggles!
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10-18-2006, 03:07 AM #5
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I have never seen a lap swimmer not wear goggles. So to answer your question, definitely wear your goggles.Jennifer
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10-18-2006, 03:46 AM #6
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I'd think that chlorine + contact lenses are a very bad match. Soft contacts absorb stuff. Chlorine is not something I would want my eyeball in contact with.
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10-18-2006, 04:04 AM #7
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Are you kidding?
Wear goggles. I can't swim in my Y's pool without goggles, there's so much chlorine in there. If I don't wear goggles when swimming *anywhere*, I can't see to swim in anything approximating a straight line. I only forego goggles when goofing off at the lake with pals.
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