2006年5月14日

Boating Swim Test

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Since I’ve enrolled boating classes for summer, I have to complete BU Boating Swim Test to receive the lessons. Therefore, I went to the swimming pool for the test this morning.

Someone once warmed me that the test was not that easy as I might have expected. I did not bear his words in my mind. I was thinking that I had swum for so many years. A “small” swim test should be a piece of cake for me. Yet, it turned out that I was requested to perform the following:

  • Jump or dive into the deep end.
  • Swim for a length of 15 feet underwater.
  • Demonstrate rhythmic breathing for four lengths of the pool (100 yards).
  • Tread water for two minutes.
  • Survival float face-down for one minute

Swimming and floating were not a big deal to me, but the treading was really challenging since I have never treaded in water before! I had not choices but to try my very best and managed not sink down. However, my muscles and bones were sore and I was exhausted.

Well, the good news is that I did pass the test. I can enjoy my summer courses in the near future.

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