I know that you're there... and you have something to say.
Lets' hear it.
But seriously. Do Fitness and Lap Swimmers really read this Forum?
I wish they did, but I doubt they see the potential.
Fitness and Lap Swimmers, I'm a masters swim coach.
I watch your lanes - oh maybe 15-20% of the time I coach the masters lanes.
I see those of you lurking on the side lanes listening to the sets - and to the stroke instruction...
Watching swimmers underwater for stroke demonstrations.
Its' ok - and a really good thing.
A decent masters swim coach knows how to recruit right out of those lap swimming lanes.
Ahelee
P.S. I loved reading the thread, "As an outsider to harcore swimming..."
Finally some swimmers after my own heart.
Except that I like to recruit lap swimmers to our program!
Parents
Former Member
I'm not sure if I belong on this thread, maybe the OW threads, but I am also a lap swimmer, I just do it in the ocean. There is a place I train that is one-half mile around this bight, and that is my "lap." Training for a long swim, a 20 miler, so it helps to have half-mile laps. I normally swim four hours at a whack with hydration (crucial) every half-mile.
The thing about lap swimmers is they are generating great fitness at the same time; cudos. My lap swimming may be a little extreme, but I still consider myself 1) a lap swimmer and 2) an open water swimmer. Speed? I just need to finish my long swim before the sun goes down because if not, I'll have to abort the swim due to boat/reef conditions.
Usually when I am home in Texas, I go to a health club and swim for two hours. But pool swimming is a tad boring because there are no fish to watch, but I also know the longer I swim, the better my heart likes it! So when swimming in a pool, I look at it as fitness, in the ocean, I look at it as enjoyment and "longer" sets.
Donna
I'm not sure if I belong on this thread, maybe the OW threads, but I am also a lap swimmer, I just do it in the ocean. There is a place I train that is one-half mile around this bight, and that is my "lap." Training for a long swim, a 20 miler, so it helps to have half-mile laps. I normally swim four hours at a whack with hydration (crucial) every half-mile.
The thing about lap swimmers is they are generating great fitness at the same time; cudos. My lap swimming may be a little extreme, but I still consider myself 1) a lap swimmer and 2) an open water swimmer. Speed? I just need to finish my long swim before the sun goes down because if not, I'll have to abort the swim due to boat/reef conditions.
Usually when I am home in Texas, I go to a health club and swim for two hours. But pool swimming is a tad boring because there are no fish to watch, but I also know the longer I swim, the better my heart likes it! So when swimming in a pool, I look at it as fitness, in the ocean, I look at it as enjoyment and "longer" sets.
Donna
