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rolling rock
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 Posted: 03/08/06 - 13:46 Post subject: swim goggles
if i continue to swim, i'll need some decent goggles. i took my goggles off hours ago and still look like someone punched me in both eyes. 
any suggestions? 
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Posted: 03/08/06 - 14:39 Post subject:
The only suggestion I can offer is do not, I repeat do not ask that old fart at the pool. 
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Posted: 03/08/06 - 14:51 Post subject:
Mine leave a ring for a little while too.
If you try then on at the store. without the strap, press them on your eyes. They should stay for about 2 seconds before falling off. They now come in different sizes.
I like the Aqua Shpere Kaiman. They come in large and small.
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Posted: 03/08/06 - 15:22 Post subject:
If you're not diving off a platform, TriBob's suggestion will work just fine. After one dive and two eyefulls of pool water, I deal with the rings.
At least I didn't have my contacts in at the time....
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rolling rock
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Posted: 03/08/06 - 16:00 Post subject:
| JACKED UP wrote: | | The only suggestion I can offer is do not, I repeat do not ask that old fart at the pool. |
 he was there again today
watching. 
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Posted: 03/08/06 - 18:30 Post subject:
| rolling rock wrote: | | JACKED UP wrote: | | The only suggestion I can offer is do not, I repeat do not ask that old fart at the pool. |
he was there again today
watching. |
You went back??!! 
Make sure you get a good mask so you can see all the turds in the bottom of the pool. 
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Posted: 04/30/06 - 13:46 Post subject:
I used to swim competively and I found that there is no real favourite pair amongst swimmers. I even found that ones that cost £2.50, sorry from UK were sometimes the best. It's a matter of trying a few pairs out until you've got the best. Basically they don't need to be on tight for them not to leak, if thisis the case they are the wrong googles
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Posted: 05/01/06 - 09:28 Post subject:
I know that Seal Goggles will not let any water at all in, however they kind of hurt to get off your face.
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rolling rock
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Posted: 05/01/06 - 09:37 Post subject:
you know, this goggle thing goes on and on for me.  friday after my hour in the pool, i had goggle marks on my face till evening.
leakage isn't really a problem as much as marking....i think my next ones will be a "kids' size" goggle.
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Posted: 05/01/06 - 09:42 Post subject:
| rolling rock wrote: | you know, this goggle thing goes on and on for me. friday after my hour in the pool, i had goggle marks on my face till evening.
leakage isn't really a problem as much as marking....i think my next ones will be a "kids' size" goggle. |
Sounds pretty obvious, but have you tried loosening the strap? Maybe you're just wearing them too tightly? The switch to kids' size doesn't really sound like a solution unless your current goggles are much larger than your eye sockets, ie, they're covering your eyebrows.
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Posted: 05/01/06 - 10:07 Post subject:
| rolling rock wrote: | you know, this goggle thing goes on and on for me. friday after my hour in the pool, i had goggle marks on my face till evening.
leakage isn't really a problem as much as marking....i think my next ones will be a "kids' size" goggle. |
My eyes are sort of close together, so I actually do wear my kids' goggles when I swim!!!! speedo goggles with seals all the way around them!
That's funny that you said that!
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Posted: 05/01/06 - 10:36 Post subject:
Get a snorkel mask. I see a few folks doing that in the pool here. If I swam regular, I think that's what I'd do.
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Posted: 05/01/06 - 11:09 Post subject:
| .jrjo wrote: | | Get a snorkel mask. I see a few folks doing that in the pool here. If I swam regular, I think that's what I'd do. |
I've even seen people do a few tris with them.... but do their times count? Or do they get disqualified?
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Posted: 05/01/06 - 11:57 Post subject:
| j1miller wrote: | | .jrjo wrote: | | Get a snorkel mask. I see a few folks doing that in the pool here. If I swam regular, I think that's what I'd do. |
I've even seen people do a few tris with them.... but do their times count? Or do they get disqualified? |
Disqualified?.. as long as there is no snorkel, the mask itself is okay.
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Posted: 05/01/06 - 12:25 Post subject:
| MechEngDropout wrote: | | rolling rock wrote: | you know, this goggle thing goes on and on for me. friday after my hour in the pool, i had goggle marks on my face till evening.
leakage isn't really a problem as much as marking....i think my next ones will be a "kids' size" goggle. |
Sounds pretty obvious, but have you tried loosening the strap? Maybe you're just wearing them too tightly? The switch to kids' size doesn't really sound like a solution unless your current goggles are much larger than your eye sockets, ie, they're covering your eyebrows. |
no, they aren't covering my eyebrows, but someone at the pool told me my face is "small" and i should try kids' sized ones.
i've messed with the tension on them alot, i'm thinking they aren't too tight.
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