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.
Originally posted by Rob Copeland
I would have thought a swimshark would be swimming to Bobby Darin’s Mack the Knife;)
Sorry, but I'm a bit young for Bobby Darin. What does the song say?
The shark part is from my husband's former Navy squadron, the VP-6 Blue Sharks and I'm the swim part.
Rob, that is a good article. I didn't know that about indoor pools. Ours never closes during a storm but then again, we don't get many thunder stroms up here. Now when I lived in Atanta, that was a different story.
Originally posted by laineybug
Geek, our Y has a lightening detector set for 5 miles
It detects people dieting within five miles? :)
I can't imagine why an indoor pool would need to close due to lightning, but I'm not an expert either!
The Bug brings up something I'd like input on. Three times recently, at all times of the day, I've had my workout stopped by lightning nearby (visible but no rain). This has all been indoors. Does anyone know if it is a real threat to swim indoors in a grounded facility during a storm? There is one pool locally here that only closes if the lightning strikes in the parking lot - again, it's an indoor pool.
Also, why close only the pool? Would it not also make sense that anyone indoors would be at risk? I mean if you are sitting on an all metal nautilus machine, are you at less risk than being in the pool?
I'd like someone to provide information on this topic.
Swimmers DO talk and sing to themselves. My concern is what the effects will be from years of watching and following a black line painted on the pool bottom. Will our great-grandchildren need to paint a line on the floor for us to follow to the bathroom, car, kitchen, etc.? Will scenery deprivation have a negative impact on how we view the world? These are things I talk to myself about when I swim and I'm starting to get some pretty good answers from the person I'm talking with!
This morning it was "Drops of Juptier" Yeah, can you believe it I got out of bed and went swimming this MORNING... afternoon thundershower pattern setting up. I'm still not, and never will be a morning person though.
Geek, our Y has a lightening detector set for 5 miles, if it goes off, the pools, both indoors and outdoors, close and stays closed until 30 minutes after the last lightening is detected... Sometimes it goes off when there isn't even a hint of rain. I'd like some input on this too.
Lainey
