Does anyone else ever mentally hum a tune during swim practices and/or races? My personal favorite, when I am trying to summon energy from my exhausted body, is the 1812 Overture--I try to time it so the cannons start firing towards the latter part of the race.
I'd be interested to hear what goes through other peoples' minds as they swim, musical or otherwise.
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I don't hum to myself while I swim, but I do have a special tape I made for myself that I call "Rousers". I will play this tape when I am driving to a swim meet. The selections include things like the Grand March from Aida, the finale section of Saint Saen's Organ Symphony, Beethoven's Egmont Overture, the theme from Rocky, the theme from Chariots of Fire, something rousing from Phantom of the Opera (the one where the Phantom sings to Christine) etc. I don't think I have "War of 1812" on there, and that is a real oversight on my part. That is a real rousing piece of music.
I don't hum to myself while I swim, but I do have a special tape I made for myself that I call "Rousers". I will play this tape when I am driving to a swim meet. The selections include things like the Grand March from Aida, the finale section of Saint Saen's Organ Symphony, Beethoven's Egmont Overture, the theme from Rocky, the theme from Chariots of Fire, something rousing from Phantom of the Opera (the one where the Phantom sings to Christine) etc. I don't think I have "War of 1812" on there, and that is a real oversight on my part. That is a real rousing piece of music.
