You know your a swimmer when you walk into a indoor pool and inhale deeply enjoying the aroma of cholirine.
You know your a swimmer when you know the exact site of every indoor and outdoor pool where you have been station.
You know your a swimmer when after six long weeks of basic trianing you are released to do what ever you want and you go for a swim.:cool:
When the smell of chlorine raises your HR significantly.
When you are walking about town doing arm activation movements.
When you don't need to look for the wall anymore.
When you jump in and inform the lifeguard, to the nearest quarter of a degree, what the water temperature is.
When you know, to the nearest quarter of a second, the split between the "synchronized" clocks at each end of the pool.
When you tighten the lane ropes.
When you go and buy one of those special mattresses.
When the first sign of time-off swimming is clear sinuses.
When you sniff your swimwear because you miss the pool.
(Ok, I'll stop now.)
I miss the feeling of getting out of the pool tired after a workout and the sense of accomplishment. But more than that i miss the 10-15 minutes at 7 am chatting with friends in the shower and locker room after practices. It all ended so abruptly, just completely shutting down overnight. Chatting on messenger just isn't the same. Worse yet, our masters team folded and that episode in life seems sadly forever ended.
