I'm curious as to your preference, so I decided to start a poll. I've been swimming outdoors all summer. It's been brutally hot, with high humidity most of the summer, which I notice, causes more fatigue and cramping, despite my intake of bananas, lots of water, etc. I also have allergies. There are the usual outdoor pool issues, but aside from that, if you had a choice to swim in a 25 yard pool or swim indoors in a more temperature controlled environment, what would you prefer and why?
This summer I had a super nice season of swimming. Normally I mix up my indoors and outdoors quite a bit in the summer because I easily have both options. This summer I chose to swim indoors most of the time these reasons:
1. The water was always a comfortable 78 degrees.
2. The practices were NEVER crowded and I got lots of quality time from the coaches.
3. I didn't have to apply nasty, sticky sunscreen to myself and end up with it smeared all over the pretty black interior of my car.
4. I scored a Go Pro taping session with Glen Mills and have been receiving helpful hints from him all summer long via e-mail. He was on a tour and visited Carmel Swim Club for taping and team time. Lucky for me he likes to help master's too!!
Strangely enough I felt like my performance at Nationals was as good as it would have been if I'd trained long course. Right now and until Sept. 14th I'm stuck training outdoors long course yards. We've had a heat wave this week and I find swimming miserable. I'm sick of the hot water, crowded pool deck, crowded lanes, and mobs of kids in the locker rooms. I guess I'm just a non-conformist.
This summer I had a super nice season of swimming. Normally I mix up my indoors and outdoors quite a bit in the summer because I easily have both options. This summer I chose to swim indoors most of the time these reasons:
1. The water was always a comfortable 78 degrees.
2. The practices were NEVER crowded and I got lots of quality time from the coaches.
3. I didn't have to apply nasty, sticky sunscreen to myself and end up with it smeared all over the pretty black interior of my car.
4. I scored a Go Pro taping session with Glen Mills and have been receiving helpful hints from him all summer long via e-mail. He was on a tour and visited Carmel Swim Club for taping and team time. Lucky for me he likes to help master's too!!
Strangely enough I felt like my performance at Nationals was as good as it would have been if I'd trained long course. Right now and until Sept. 14th I'm stuck training outdoors long course yards. We've had a heat wave this week and I find swimming miserable. I'm sick of the hot water, crowded pool deck, crowded lanes, and mobs of kids in the locker rooms. I guess I'm just a non-conformist.
