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[octoprof]

Ditto (no more "chime"-ing, we're back to outmoded technologies of document reproduction) on the wearing goggles over your regular lenses.  I've also never lost a lens, and I used to have just one pair of gas permeable lenses, so I was really living on the edge there.  And you all know the saliva as anti-fog trick? 

I'm getting really tired of the saliva-as-the-anti-fog trick. I want goggles that don't fog. Though currently I de-fog my goggles as an excuse to rest for a few minutes seconds.

If you find something that works well, please let me know. This is my biggest complaint in triathlon swims. I can't see out of the goggles well enough to spot the bouys I have to swim around. I have to stop and lift up a goggle to find the bouy.

I'm not 100% sure it would work, but have you tried hockey shield defogger?  Full shields on hockey helmets tend to fog really badly because of the difference in temperature between the player's head/breath and the rink.  I can't tell you what brand I use, my hockey bag isn't even on the same continent as I am, but it might be worth tracking down any brand of shield defogger and giving it a try.

Sounds interesting. Of course, I live in the deep South. However, I do know a hockey player, strangely enough, so I'm off to email him!

[tuxedo_cat]

Sorry we can't help you out with the goggles situation, GH.  As for shield defogger, I guess I would worry that it might contain something that could be an irritant or even toxic if it came into contact with your eyeballs -- a lot less likely on an ice hockey rink than in a splashy pool.  But I'll be interested to see what you find out, Octo.

Today back in the pool for a very short swim after having a very nasty cold last week.  30 lengths was pushing it.  I hope I get back up to speed soon.

Also, I know I asked some version of this question pages ago, but I'm still curious to know how you early risers actually manage to get yourselves out of bed at a really early hour and into the pool.  I'm fantasizing that if I can simply get myself into a morning swim routine, this might actually help to keep me on a much more efficient work schedule this summer.  I am so totally not a morning person.

[johnr]

Ditto (no more "chime"-ing, we're back to outmoded technologies of document reproduction) on the wearing goggles over your regular lenses.  I've also never lost a lens, and I used to have just one pair of gas permeable lenses, so I was really living on the edge there.  And you all know the saliva as anti-fog trick? 

I'm getting really tired of the saliva-as-the-anti-fog trick. I want goggles that don't fog. Though currently I de-fog my goggles as an excuse to rest for a few minutes seconds.

If you find something that works well, please let me know. This is my biggest complaint in triathlon swims. I can't see out of the goggles well enough to spot the bouys I have to swim around. I have to stop and lift up a goggle to find the bouy.

This is going to sound crazy, but about ten years ago I stopped wearing goggles for shorter triathlons that don't have the swim in a pool.  What with the fogging and the goggles getting kicked off, and inability to see through them when I lifted my head out of the water to find the next buoy, I just decided to race without them and it's been great!  I especially like that I can see so well when I lift my head to find a buoy, and that's what's most important to me, I don't need to see clearly underwater.  I'm racing in a triathlon, not looking for fish!

It seems that so many triathlons these days have such short swims relative to the biking and running, it's really no problem to swim without goggles for twenty minutes.

[scampster]

It seems that so many triathlons these days have such short swims relative to the biking and running, it's really no problem to swim without goggles for twenty minutes.

I have often wondered about this. One time I forgot my goggles and contemplated it, but it was an Olympic distance race so I didn't relish the thought of 1500 m without goggles (without practicing at least!). Also, I am not sure if I might be more prone to lose a contact that way...

But I could totally see this being practical for sprint races - 500 m, on a bad day with half of it spent siting, is still less than 15 minutes. I don't swim straight when I can see, so I imagine I would be just as "good" at swimming in a straight line if I couldn't see in the water.

Plus, I don't know about you, but all the lakes around here have approximately one foot of visibility anyway. Ah, the squish of goose poop between ones toes in the morning!

[balancing_act]

I've got to wear goggles. The chlorine burns my eyes and all I want to do is sleep later. So, I deal with the fog.

[johnr]

I've got to wear goggles. The chlorine burns my eyes and all I want to do is sleep later. So, I deal with the fog.

No, that's why I said in lakes only, not pools.  I can't swim in pools without goggles either.  Also, I wouldn't try swimming with contacts and no goggles either. 

[octoprof]

Also, I know I asked some version of this question pages ago, but I'm still curious to know how you early risers actually manage to get yourselves out of bed at a really early hour and into the pool.  I'm fantasizing that if I can simply get myself into a morning swim routine, this might actually help to keep me on a much more efficient work schedule this summer.  I am so totally not a morning person.

My slot at the pool is 5am to 7am. So, if I want to swim, I get up.  The masters have the natatorium at that time. So everyone gets a lane to himself or herself.  It's totally worth it. Plus, the coaching is good, if you want it.

Otherwise, I'd have to swim at the fitness center which is a horrible little pool and almost never has a lane open.  Or, go to the natatorium at night, pay each time, and maybe not get a lane.

If I exercise in the morning, I do more. If I exercise at night, I flake out and just don't do it a bit too often.

[galactic_hedgehog]

Also, I know I asked some version of this question pages ago, but I'm still curious to know how you early risers actually manage to get yourselves out of bed at a really early hour and into the pool.  I'm fantasizing that if I can simply get myself into a morning swim routine, this might actually help to keep me on a much more efficient work schedule this summer.  I am so totally not a morning person.

My slot at the pool is 5am to 7am. So, if I want to swim, I get up.  The masters have the natatorium at that time. So everyone gets a lane to himself or herself.  It's totally worth it. Plus, the coaching is good, if you want it.

Otherwise, I'd have to swim at the fitness center which is a horrible little pool and almost never has a lane open.  Or, go to the natatorium at night, pay each time, and maybe not get a lane.

If I exercise in the morning, I do more. If I exercise at night, I flake out and just don't do it a bit too often.

Translation: she's weird.

[yellowtractor]

Also, I know I asked some version of this question pages ago, but I'm still curious to know how you early risers actually manage to get yourselves out of bed at a really early hour and into the pool.  I'm fantasizing that if I can simply get myself into a morning swim routine, this might actually help to keep me on a much more efficient work schedule this summer.  I am so totally not a morning person.

My slot at the pool is 5am to 7am. So, if I want to swim, I get up.  The masters have the natatorium at that time. So everyone gets a lane to himself or herself.  It's totally worth it. Plus, the coaching is good, if you want it.

Otherwise, I'd have to swim at the fitness center which is a horrible little pool and almost never has a lane open.  Or, go to the natatorium at night, pay each time, and maybe not get a lane.

If I exercise in the morning, I do more. If I exercise at night, I flake out and just don't do it a bit too often.

Translation: she's weird.

Weird as a pottle.  Definitely.

[bibliothecula]

I just bought some anti-fog spray from Tyr and it's working really well. I needed to apply it 2-3 times before it really kicked it, but it's great. Now I don't have to stop every 4 laps to wipe out my goggles.

[balancing_act]

I just bought some anti-fog spray from Tyr and it's working really well. I needed to apply it 2-3 times before it really kicked it, but it's great. Now I don't have to stop every 4 laps to wipe out my goggles.

Excellent! I didn't know such a thing existed. Thanks, bibliothecula.

[octoprof]

Also, I know I asked some version of this question pages ago, but I'm still curious to know how you early risers actually manage to get yourselves out of bed at a really early hour and into the pool.  I'm fantasizing that if I can simply get myself into a morning swim routine, this might actually help to keep me on a much more efficient work schedule this summer.  I am so totally not a morning person.

My slot at the pool is 5am to 7am. So, if I want to swim, I get up.  The masters have the natatorium at that time. So everyone gets a lane to himself or herself.  It's totally worth it. Plus, the coaching is good, if you want it.

Otherwise, I'd have to swim at the fitness center which is a horrible little pool and almost never has a lane open.  Or, go to the natatorium at night, pay each time, and maybe not get a lane.

If I exercise in the morning, I do more. If I exercise at night, I flake out and just don't do it a bit too often.

Translation: she's weird.

Weird as a pottle.  Definitely.

I didn't swim today. I ran 6.2 miles, very slowly. So, yes, I am weird as pottle, whoever he is.

[secretweapon]

I had to wake up very early this morning and I'll admit that one of my first thoughts was, Wow, Octoprof does this most days.  How does she do it?

[scampster]

I had to wake up very early this morning and I'll admit that one of my first thoughts was, Wow, Octoprof does this most days.  How does she do it?

Once upon a time, I used to get up twice a week at 5am for an entire winter to go to a weight lifting class at the gym. I'm still astounded that I managed to do that. on a good week, I would throw in one or two days of swimming at 5:30am just to keep a routine up (because really it does get easier to get up early if you do it every day).

Of course, as a reward for getting up, my friend and I often visited the cafe nearby and got chocolate croissantsm thereby negating the effect of having exercised.

As a secondary bonus, I usually showered at the gym and went right to my office, so I was in at 7 every day. All in all, it did make for some high productivity!

[octoprof]

I had to wake up very early this morning and I'll admit that one of my first thoughts was, Wow, Octoprof does this most days.  How does she do it?

Once upon a time, I used to get up twice a week at 5am for an entire winter to go to a weight lifting class at the gym. I'm still astounded that I managed to do that. on a good week, I would throw in one or two days of swimming at 5:30am just to keep a routine up (because really it does get easier to get up early if you do it every day).

Of course, as a reward for getting up, my friend and I often visited the cafe nearby and got chocolate croissantsm thereby negating the effect of having exercised.

As a secondary bonus, I usually showered at the gym and went right to my office, so I was in at 7 every day. All in all, it did make for some high productivity!

Another bonus is the seemingly endless hot water supply in the showers at the pool. A long long hot shower doesn't mean my husband is going to have to take a cold one!

Yes, I did swim this morning but it was pathetic. My body is protesting yesterday's run, clearly.