In another thread someone was mentioning getting out of practice early because they weren't doing well. When, or why, have you gotten out early?
I'll start:
(1) Kicked in the face (really hard, big owies!)
(2) Kicked in the shoulder (by big guy 6'4" 200#s, I call him husband!)
(3) Decided to swim with aforementioned husband immediately after putting to sleep 14 year old black Lab. We thought it would take our minds off of MacGuire. All I discovered was that I can't swim and cry at the same time.
(4) Bad back- more owies. Good chiropractor- all better.
And I SHOULD have got out (Jan 2001) when:
I swam the whole workout, with good effort, and was shivering cold. I told my husband that I was really cold and he replied, "Maybe you should swim some more (tonight)." I said, "Nah, we're done, I'm getting out." That night I went to the ER and was diagnosed with viral meningitis! Nope, he still hasn't lived THAT one down :p
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Only for medical emergencies or really, really, really, bad swims.
Exercise induced asthma has been kicking my butt in recent years. This time of year it starts to get me and then get progressively worse as the summer months get more humid. Combine that with a poorly maintianed pool (chemicals are never in balance), and you get one blue swimmer--blue from lack of O2, not emotionally.
Practice is actually something I enjoy, and most days I swim as hard, if not harder, in practice than I do at meets. There are those really bad days (see other thread) though, when nothing feels right. My coach is fond of ending practices with a 600-1200 pull, so on those nights when it seems like nothing is working, I'll bail on part of that set. I love, love, love to pull, so it has to be an extraordinarily bad day to want to skip it.
Only for medical emergencies or really, really, really, bad swims.
Exercise induced asthma has been kicking my butt in recent years. This time of year it starts to get me and then get progressively worse as the summer months get more humid. Combine that with a poorly maintianed pool (chemicals are never in balance), and you get one blue swimmer--blue from lack of O2, not emotionally.
Practice is actually something I enjoy, and most days I swim as hard, if not harder, in practice than I do at meets. There are those really bad days (see other thread) though, when nothing feels right. My coach is fond of ending practices with a 600-1200 pull, so on those nights when it seems like nothing is working, I'll bail on part of that set. I love, love, love to pull, so it has to be an extraordinarily bad day to want to skip it.
