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.
Mostly I try to get pick a longer song with a good beat, like Fleetwood Mac's "Sara" or The The's "Uncertain Smile". Anything that lets me get into a zen state, where I can't feel the lactic acid burn so much. :D Most recently, I try to remember "Cherry Blossom", from Kiyoshi Yoshida's Asian Drums CD.
Before a particular high school meet, I heard some awful '80s song that I couldn't get out of my head. Think the title was "You Gotta Slow It Down". I made the mistake of mentioning it to my teammates, who took every opportunity to sing it to me. I had my slowest 500 time of the season by 10 seconds. :mad: At a recent Master's meet, I found out the hard way that the jingle for Goldfish is also a poor choice. ("...the snack, that smiles back, Goldfish!")
Mostly I try to get pick a longer song with a good beat, like Fleetwood Mac's "Sara" or The The's "Uncertain Smile". Anything that lets me get into a zen state, where I can't feel the lactic acid burn so much. :D Most recently, I try to remember "Cherry Blossom", from Kiyoshi Yoshida's Asian Drums CD.
Before a particular high school meet, I heard some awful '80s song that I couldn't get out of my head. Think the title was "You Gotta Slow It Down". I made the mistake of mentioning it to my teammates, who took every opportunity to sing it to me. I had my slowest 500 time of the season by 10 seconds. :mad: At a recent Master's meet, I found out the hard way that the jingle for Goldfish is also a poor choice. ("...the snack, that smiles back, Goldfish!")
