The Fastest Age

Originally posted by SWinkleblech I am in agreement. We all have different lifestyles and different goals as to what we would like to attain from swimming. I do it for the fun, to stay in shape, and the great feeling I get everytime I swim a personal best!;) Absolutely we all do this for different reasons. Whatever your reasons are, if they get you into the pool, how can they be bad? Here is my reason. You get up in the morning before your spouse, kids, neighbors, co-workers - basically everyone but the other swimmers and the guy who has to make the donuts:) . You get to the pool, shower, stretch, adjust goggles, etc. Then you take off on your warm-up. You look at the pace clock and think - geeze, that was really slow today. But as the cobwebs work out of your head and body you start to get faster. Your lungs start to "open up". Your blood starts pumping. During the main set, you start to really feel good. Now your times are where they should be. (Where they should be for you - not for someone else who swims more or less, harder or not as hard, more focus on technique or less, late-bloomer or not - just comared to you.) Finally, you complete a warm down, stretch, shower, etc. But you are buzzing - you feel the "swimmer's hgh" (and NO, runners do not have exclusive rights to that high). That is the part that is the best. That is why I do this. Yes, I have lost weight. Yes, I am in better shape. Yes, I am faster than I was when I started a year and a half ago. But the reason I come back is I think I am addicted to that high. The one that stays with me until at least mid-afternoon. The one that makes me more productive than the guy who drinks four cups of coffee in the morning to wake up. Maybe I am alone in feeling this way, but I doubt it. I realize that this is off topic - but hey, this thread has been on and off topic so many times, I figured one more time wouldn't hurt. And I didn't insult anybody - not even once!:rolleyes:

Originally posted by SWinkleblech I am in agreement. We all have different lifestyles and different goals as to what we would like to attain from swimming. I do it for the fun, to stay in shape, and the great feeling I get everytime I swim a personal best!;) Absolutely we all do this for different reasons. Whatever your reasons are, if they get you into the pool, how can they be bad? Here is my reason. You get up in the morning before your spouse, kids, neighbors, co-workers - basically everyone but the other swimmers and the guy who has to make the donuts:) . You get to the pool, shower, stretch, adjust goggles, etc. Then you take off on your warm-up. You look at the pace clock and think - geeze, that was really slow today. But as the cobwebs work out of your head and body you start to get faster. Your lungs start to "open up". Your blood starts pumping. During the main set, you start to really feel good. Now your times are where they should be. (Where they should be for you - not for someone else who swims more or less, harder or not as hard, more focus on technique or less, late-bloomer or not - just comared to you.) Finally, you complete a warm down, stretch, shower, etc. But you are buzzing - you feel the "swimmer's hgh" (and NO, runners do not have exclusive rights to that high). That is the part that is the best. That is why I do this. Yes, I have lost weight. Yes, I am in better shape. Yes, I am faster than I was when I started a year and a half ago. But the reason I come back is I think I am addicted to that high. The one that stays with me until at least mid-afternoon. The one that makes me more productive than the guy who drinks four cups of coffee in the morning to wake up. Maybe I am alone in feeling this way, but I doubt it. I realize that this is off topic - but hey, this thread has been on and off topic so many times, I figured one more time wouldn't hurt. And I didn't insult anybody - not even once!:rolleyes: