How many here are sprinters and how many long distance swimmers?

Originally posted by DocWhoRocks I don't enjoy sprinting all that much. It's over too quick. Start, turn, done. Where's the fun? No fun????!!!! There is no real pain!!! :0)

I love distance :D But I've been known to sprint a little here and there. Back in college I kept begging my coach to put me on the 200 fr. relay at conference. Finally my senior yr. (it only took me splitting faster than any of our sprinters to convince him) he gave in and let me be on the 200 fr. relay - WOOHOO! So come our conference meet - I'm sick and tell him to replace me in the relay :( I don't enjoy sprinting all that much. It's over too quick. Start, turn, done. Where's the fun?

Originally posted by DocWhoRocks My fingers are getting a hell of a workout! :lol: On a swimming forum! Once again, swimming is a great workout!

Doc....it would be a long trip (I know, I just made it three weeks ago) for you to come and get me...I now live in Rome, NY.... Na na na.....na....na na....:)

Originally posted by Tom Ellison Doc....it would be a long trip (I know, I just made it three weeks ago) for you to come and get me...I now live in Rome, NY.... Na na na.....na....na na....:) You don't stay in one place long do ya? Alrighty then, DON'T MAKE ME COME TO ROME! :p

Originally posted by Tom Ellison Real distance guys don’t feel pain…we feel discomfort….!:) You can go the distance? ...Oh, you meant swimming....

Originally posted by Leonard Jansen Marriage: Just say 'No.' -LBJ Marriage: Pick the right one, not the Miss 'Right'

After reading swimr4life's post, I had to relay this funny story. I'm a total sprinter myself and always have been. Last year I went out and did the Walnut Creek intensive camp. For the second workout of the day, you could pick whether to do a sprint, mid-distance, or distance workout. I, of course, chose to do a sprint workout. There were a handful of folks who were non-sprinter types who had decided to do the sprint workout for some reason. Without detailing the entire set, suffice to say we were getting lots of rest in between bursts of sprinting. For the first couple of rounds, those non-sprinters were all saying, "Geez what kind of a workout is this? What's with all this rest? This is easy!" Well, a short time later they got real quiet. Pretty soon they were groaning all the way through those long rests, along with the rest of us! I think they gained a little respect for those of us for whom a 200 is a distance event.

Real distance guys don’t feel pain…we feel discomfort….!:)

Originally posted by old dog No fun????!!!! There is no real pain!!! :0) So, no pain = fun? I'm sitting here in my office chair, I'm not in pain. But I'm not having fun.