Photo Courtesy: Azaria Basile
By Kaylie Noll, Swimming World College Intern
- Nothing like squeezing into a tight swimsuit again!
- Gotta love peeling the stickers off of new goggles.
- Do I start wearing a new cap or stick with the one I wore all last season?
- Oops, better quit stalling and get out on the deck.
- Mmm, I’ve missed the scent of chlorine!
- The pool looks longer than I remember though…
- And colder…
- I think I wanna put my clothes back on now.
- Nope, you’ve been on break long enough, you can do this…You need to do this!
- I’m not flexible, so I think we should stretch for a good 30 minutes before we get in the water.
Photo Courtesy: R-Sport / MIA Rossiya Segodnya
- I haven’t lost any muscle, have I? Okay, maybe the swimmer appetite doesn’t go away on break.
- Maybe it will seem warmer if I just touch the water with my toe…
- Nope! Brrr. I was right. It’s gotta be colder!
- We’re doing what for warm up? Coach, that’s so much, and I haven’t swam in so long…
- Okay, okay, Coach, I’m getting in already!
- Hey, this isn’t so bad, I’m going kind of fast!
- My arms are like noodles. Are they even helping me at all?
- It’s only been a 200 and I have how much left?
- I’m not going to survive this practice.
Photo Courtesy: Ian MacNicol
- We’re not even halfway through?
- I’m definitely not going to survive this practice.
- Coach, I really can’t do butterfly right now. I feel like I’m drowning.
- Is there a lifeguard on duty? I might need to be rescued.
- I’m so out of shape!
- I can’t believe this interval is kinda tough now… It was so easy a couple of months ago!
- I should have never taken time off of swimming…
- Who am I kidding, I earned that break!
- Come on, it’s all downhill from here!
- Don’t look at the clock, the clock is your enemy.
- Coach, I need a water break. Or a bathroom. Or just a break.
Photo Courtesy: Sue Borst
- I need some motivation…okay, what am I going to eat after this?
- Lots and lots of pizza.
- And soda. Whoops, we’re back in season. No more soda.
- I’ll stick with chocolate milk.
- Do it for the chocolate milk and pizza!
- All we have left is cool down? Finally!
- Maybe Coach won’t notice if I skip a 50.
- Coach noticed. I’m going, I’m going!
- It feels so good to take my cap and goggles off!
Photo Courtesy: Xinhua/Ding Xu
- I’m exhausted. I’ll sleep great tonight.
- That means back to early bedtimes for me…
- See you all at morning practice! In less than 12 hours…
- Okay, maybe I’m crazy, but I actually can’t wait to come back and do this all over again.
- Nah, I’m not crazy, I’m just a swimmer.
this is so true.I literally face almost all of them. 😀