I am an evening swimmer 8:30-10:00
Our outdoor long course pool opened, but is only going to be used for am (6:00-7:30) workouts for the next month. I love swimming outdoors and long course so I thought, "I'll do it- I'll swim in the morning". So I did today. Now it is about 1pm and I am fading fast. I can't keep my train of thought. I just put my head down to get a little micro-sleep and noticed two different socks poking out from my pant bottoms (One all black anfd one black with red flowers). I was just curious what the break down of amers/lunch timers/pmers was. Also, any advice on how to get up in the morning?
For years of swimming with masters teams, I always swam in the evenings. I kept telling everyone else and myself that I just wasn't a morning person, etc.
About 2 years ago, the evening workout was going to be cancelled for a week in January...and after doing without for much of the Christmas break, I thought I'd go in the morning for that week. I never went back to evening practices.
Yes, you do have to put up with going to bed early, being tired during the day at first, etc.... but suddenly I had all this 'extra' time in the evenings to get home at a decent hour, have dinner, relax, whatever.
Currently I work very close to where I swim. If I drove to work leaving my house at 7am it would take nearly an hour with all of the traffic. However, leaving at 5:30, I get to the pool for the 6am workout. Once that is over, it is just a 5 minute drive to work. That alone is worth it to me.
For years of swimming with masters teams, I always swam in the evenings. I kept telling everyone else and myself that I just wasn't a morning person, etc.
About 2 years ago, the evening workout was going to be cancelled for a week in January...and after doing without for much of the Christmas break, I thought I'd go in the morning for that week. I never went back to evening practices.
Yes, you do have to put up with going to bed early, being tired during the day at first, etc.... but suddenly I had all this 'extra' time in the evenings to get home at a decent hour, have dinner, relax, whatever.
Currently I work very close to where I swim. If I drove to work leaving my house at 7am it would take nearly an hour with all of the traffic. However, leaving at 5:30, I get to the pool for the 6am workout. Once that is over, it is just a 5 minute drive to work. That alone is worth it to me.
