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.
Tunes from "Rent". As age groupers in Cleve we used to joke about putting the Stones song "Angie" in our heads to slow us down at the end of a workout.
Recently I have had an Iron Maiden song in my head. It's called "The Lonliness of the Long Distance Runner." I substitute swimmer in my mind though!:cool:
Swimming and thinking of Savannah, the song which keeps playing in my head is country song Sweet Southern Comfort by Buddy Jewel...
From Carolina, down to Georgia
Smell the jasmine and magnolia
Sleepy, sweet home, Alabama, Roll Tide Roll
Muddy water, Mississippi, blessed Graceland whispers to me
Carry on, carry on, sweet southern comfort, carry on
For open water: Happy Birthday (over and over) and the alphabet(same) and U2 "stuck in a moment you can't get out of" substitute "current" for "moment" . In the pool one song per thousand in a 5000 straight i.e. I can't wait to get to that new usher song at 3000 (but I want to sing that one now - no, you can't even THINK that one til 3000 - creates quite an interesting internal dialogue, but what else is there to do?) Interval workouts I just hope for the best!
I’m not sure how “Songs in Your Head” digressed into a discussion on Lightning, but for your reading pleasure, I have attached the National Athletic Trainers’ Association Position Statement: Lightning Safety for Athletics and Recreation.
But back to song’s about lightning –
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - Greased Lightning
Waylon Jennings’- White Lightning
The Who - Call me the Lightning
Chi Coltrane - Thunder And Lightning
38 Special - Chain Lightning
