Does anyone else think this time of the year is the hardest to train? (holidays, middle of the season, cold, etc..) If so, what do you do that helps? I'm exhausted and having a hard time keeping my motivation up. Any suggestions?
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Wow! I feel like such a whiner now. I swim INDOORS and it is cold for me the first 800-100 yds of practice! :notworthy:
Well, cold is relative to the climate in which you live. Cold around here has been in the 40's and 50's when the sun goes down...in the 30's in the pre-sunrise hours but nobody is swimming here then. To me, it's tough to get into the pool when it's 48 degrees and I'm shivering. Having said that, I never make a scene about it. I just walk straight from the locker room or the bleachers and jump right in. During the summer I will hang on the gutter for a moment and adjust my goggles, check out the scenery, etc.. but now that it's cold I don't even push off the wall. I jump in, surface, and start stroking away trying to build some heat from within!
Wow! I feel like such a whiner now. I swim INDOORS and it is cold for me the first 800-100 yds of practice! :notworthy:
Well, cold is relative to the climate in which you live. Cold around here has been in the 40's and 50's when the sun goes down...in the 30's in the pre-sunrise hours but nobody is swimming here then. To me, it's tough to get into the pool when it's 48 degrees and I'm shivering. Having said that, I never make a scene about it. I just walk straight from the locker room or the bleachers and jump right in. During the summer I will hang on the gutter for a moment and adjust my goggles, check out the scenery, etc.. but now that it's cold I don't even push off the wall. I jump in, surface, and start stroking away trying to build some heat from within!
