Just thought I would start a thread which didn't have deep philosophical overtones so that we all can have fun with the new forum software. Based upon personal experience, I will start a list of “You know you are a swimmer when …” with the following:
You know you are a swimmer when you leave work in the rain and you can smell the chlorine coming off of your hair.
Anyone care to add to the list?
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You must be a backstoker wanting to meet both Lenny K and Natalie Couglin. I'm terrible at backstroke. In my youth I wanted to meet Lynn Collella. She was the most famous breaststoker and butteflyer combination. She went to nationals in both 200 fly and 200 breastroke. And went to the olympics in 200 fly in 1972. I did see her at a meet but my father didn't want me to get an autograph.However, I was on a team with the best female swimmer of the 1970's, Shirley Bashashoff, great freestyler and was national level in the other three strokes. That's why meeting current top level swimmers is probably not as important to me since I swam on the same team with some of the elite in the 1970's.
You must be a backstoker wanting to meet both Lenny K and Natalie Couglin. I'm terrible at backstroke. In my youth I wanted to meet Lynn Collella. She was the most famous breaststoker and butteflyer combination. She went to nationals in both 200 fly and 200 breastroke. And went to the olympics in 200 fly in 1972. I did see her at a meet but my father didn't want me to get an autograph.However, I was on a team with the best female swimmer of the 1970's, Shirley Bashashoff, great freestyler and was national level in the other three strokes. That's why meeting current top level swimmers is probably not as important to me since I swam on the same team with some of the elite in the 1970's.
