Swimming

Alias_Freak said:
I don't care if it's boring! I think it's awesome. My coach is one of Ontario's best and he said swimming is the hardest sport. You have to be ready phsically and mentally. Can't be one, gotta be both!
I know! That is what I like so much about swimming. You can make it as hard or as easy as you want. You could have a set of like 10 100's free on 1:20 (which is an easy interval) and loaf it by going like 1:18's the whole time, or really push it and try to crank out 1:05's each time. It really is a mental sport, thats why I love it! And when it does get boring grrr.. distance freestyle, I just sing songs in my head! Lol!!
~Carey
 
I used to be on a swim team at my pool..we were pretty good. But i had to quit because i had softball and basketball. And also because i kept getting swimmers ear..and that sucks :angry:
 
I know! My coach doesn't let us goof around though. He's very serious. We have to push ourselves. he times us and if we don't get our normal time or lower we have to do 50 sit-ups, 50 pushups and 20 laps fly. Everybody on my team never goofs around.... ;)
 
Wow!! Ya, my coach doesnt really let us goof around, but he doesnt make us do anything physical he just kicks us out of practice. He tries to guilt trip us which, in a way is more embarrassing! lol! Whats the race that you hate the most? Mine has the be either the mile or the 400 IM. I am definately not a distance swimmer. So at your club do you have like groups or is it just one big team. Like where I am I'm in the senior group, which is the most advanced/like morning practices, weights, ect....
~Carey
 
CareyAli said:
Alias_Freak said:
I don't care if it's boring! I think it's awesome. My coach is one of Ontario's best and he said swimming is the hardest sport. You have to be ready phsically and mentally. Can't be one, gotta be both!
I know! That is what I like so much about swimming. You can make it as hard or as easy as you want. You could have a set of like 10 100's free on 1:20 (which is an easy interval) and loaf it by going like 1:18's the whole time, or really push it and try to crank out 1:05's each time. It really is a mental sport, thats why I love it! And when it does get boring grrr.. distance freestyle, I just sing songs in my head! Lol!!
~Carey
thats what i did!! i would always always sing songs in my head!! :D :whistle:
and i know what you mean about a mental sport..most of the time i would try and push but some days you just want to take the easier route! ^_^ ;)
 
Same here! I sing a song while I'm doing my laps and I don't get tired. The only problem is, I lose count of how many laps I did and I always end up doing like 6 extra!
 
I know! I usually just follow on peoples feet so I dont lose count! lol! I NEVER go first thought.. to much responsibilty, counting the laps and keeping up with the sets and intervals. The only annoying thing about singing in my head was that I would repeat like the same line of a song over and over until I got sick of it!
~Carey
 
lol! same here or i would start singing one song i only know two words too and start humming it!!LOL!!!!! then i would hum so loudly ppl could hear me underwater LOL!
 
i love swimming i play water polo though. i was gonna be on the swim team to cuz that makes u an even better polo player but i was in the middle of moving and i could of never went to the practices. im super bad though. im slow. i mean i have improved but im not fast. im good at shooting adn the game stuff at h2o polo. we always had to warm up for a half hour with swimming and do a couple sets and i always thought of what i was gonna wear the next day!! but next time im gonna sing songs in my head!! sounds like funn!! lol hahahahahha


lauren vartan :surf: i luv the water surfing, swimming, polo anything in the water i love!!
 
I know! I always lose count so I'm like "When she's done, I'm done!" In the summer, I usually swim for like 2 or 3 ours. I hate it when my sking gets all wrinkly. I look like a prune!
 
lol! i know what u all mean - about the skin looking wrinkly and singing underwater, and i generally lose count too! and i always repeat the SAME part of one song until i'm sick of it!
 
my fingers get all wrinkly after a while but i don't care, i love to swim.it's fun when u have an underwater camera i always take funny pictures of my friends, it feels funny to smile underwater too for some reason anyone notice that?
 
Thats really cool! What was she the champion of? What was her name?Oh-ya, and I have a question. You live in Canada right? Does Canada participate in the US Nationals, or do ya'll have your own?
~Carey
 
Yeah! I love meets. I usually come in the top 3. SWIMMING ROCKS!!! I swim like 2 times a day now. I got moved up to the advanced group. I swim for 3 hours at 5:00am and 3 hours at 4:00pm everyday.
 
The girls name was weird. It was like, Shanya or something. She's a Canada champion. She has the Canadian record and I'm not sure about amercan record. She went to the meet where the fastest people in the world go and she got a 2 in butterfly. Canada has there own nationals. I have been to meets in the U.S. tthough.
 
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