sawyl | An impressive go slow (Reply)

I had a good session at the pool this afternoon. Despite feeling seriously tired for the first couple of laps, I felt much better once I'd warmed up and managed to set a decent pace. But as I was starting to wind down, I found myself caught behind someone swimming along a snail's pace. Forced to stop to prevent myself from colliding with the guy, I found myself talking to one of the other, speedier, regulars about it:

Regular:	Some people really are hopeless at looking behind them, aren't they? You'd think he'd notice that he's going along at about a third of the speed of everyone else.
Me:	He is rather slow, isn't he? I don't think I could maintain that pace witout sinking!
Regular:	It's actually really difficult to swim freestyle that slowly. It's hard to get the breathing right if you don't generate a bow wave.
Me:	You mean he's doing all that and not breathing!?! He must have put in some serious time to get that perfected!
Regular:	Years, probably...