You know you are a swimmer when ...

You know you're a swimmer when...your car smells like the pool because you hang your towel on the passenger seat and you suit on the gear shift to dry them out.

When your shower has cobwebs. ;)

You know that you are a swimmer (or married to one) when your wife swims a 400 LCM IM the week prior to delivering both of your children. She did one in a meet and was touched out by some "guy" and one in practice and did flip turns for both back and free! And I wonder why both of my girls are good IMers:)

You are a swimmer when, at 7 1/2 months pregnant, you swim the "Brute Squad" events (1650, 400IM, 200 fly) and discover that the 200 fly is the easiest..... something to do with a LOWER center of gravity?? P.S. Do they still have the Brute Squad in Denver??

You know you are a swimmer when checking out the location of places to swim is an important part of planning a trip

You know you are a swimmer when you run the air conditioning in your car even in the winter to be able to see while your driving.

You know you are a swimmer when you get up at 5:30 on a Sunday morning to drive an hour and a half from Long Island to New Jersey because someone mentioned to you (on Wednesday) that there was a 100 x 100's (LCM) workout at Rutgers. Man, are my arms tired.

Things have been slow and maybe this will end this tread... You know you are a swimmer when you stop and compete at the National Championships (Industry Hills, CA) on your way to your Honeymoon in Hawii. For those who don't remember and are curious, Industry Hills was SCY in 1984. Leo

You know you are a swimmer when you don't know how many laps you have swum at the end of a workout because you keep track of your workouts in sets of so many yards (or meters) per set. Don't you just love it when a water aerobe or a floater asks how many laps you swim - they seem to think that you swim the same number of laps each day. I used to do the math and come up with a number for them, but now I just tell them the number of yards and let them do the math if they are so inclined.

You know you're a swimmer when 1. You keep track of your daily sets or yardage on your handheld. Swim Coach Steven Creek Software, Team Manager PDA from HY-TEK 2. One or both of your shoulders click every time you put on a jacket. Both click, as does the right elbow and right knee. 3. You know of at least 5 different ways to adjust your goggles in advance of diving in for warm-up. Don't apply,I use a goggle cap! 4. You occasionally shave a second or two from your send-offs to get a better draft from the swimmer who leaves in front of you. Corollary: You just hate it when the coach, who has not failed to notice your proclivities, tells you to lead the lane. Coaches tell me I cheat more than that!!! 5. You complain if the water is warmer than 81 degrees F. Also complain when it is colder than 79.5 degrees, 80.25 perfect! 6. Your spouse never sees you in the morning. Morning and evening! 7. You know the names of more than three Olympic swimmers AND are at least pretty sure you know their events. I know the names and times of the last 20 years of 100 and 200 breaststroke!!! 8. You're still mad about what happened to the USA women's team at Montreal in 1976. Mad as hell, still. Mad at the cheating Chinese women? in 1992, 1996, and 2000!!! 9. You decide you might like to move to Australia when you retire. The Brisbane pool would be great, and the Gold Coast has topless bathing!!! 10. The words, "Breaststroke pull," automatically cause you to think up reasons you need to leave the swim workout right away. Now those are fighting words, I LOVE a great breaststroke pull down, sometimes get 15 yards!!! I do shudder at the word "backstroke". or any set over 100 yards!! :cool: Wayne McCauley