I’m talking about the kind of information that you don’t normally share with others. For example, I once went three weeks without washing my swim towel, but I find it disgusting when other people lick the inside of their goggles to keep them from fogging. I also pretend that I don’t care about racing anymore, but secretly I still look at everyone's times.
What are some of your swimming secrets?
I don't quite understand the antipathy to saliva, which is useful in many situations. Is it the idea that saliva in the goggle cups might somehow dribble its way into the eyeballs? I am sure there is a chemical difference between saliva and tears, but I am not sure the difference is enough to brand one of these fluids revolting and the other, well, whatever tears are considered by the squeamish.
Honestly, if saliva is kind of disgusting, wouldn't the last place you would want it to be is your mouth? I am not trying to be a smart alec here. I honestly don't understand.
If you learned to scuba dive back in the day, and probably now, too, the idea of spitting into your mask and swazzling it around with some water, then rinsing, was just how we were taught to keep the mask from fogging up.
As for your teeth whitening, has your commitment to swimming changed any dietary or beverage habits? Do you drink less coffee or tea perhaps? Chew on fewer beetlenuts? I haven't seen the chlorine tooth discoloration thread, and I suppose it's possible, but I don't know if you have been swimming long enough to see a noticeable difference. I know people who have used whitening strips for years without seeing a noticeable difference, so it's hard to imagine swmming would change things, positively or negatively, in months.
I don't quite understand the antipathy to saliva, which is useful in many situations. Is it the idea that saliva in the goggle cups might somehow dribble its way into the eyeballs? I am sure there is a chemical difference between saliva and tears, but I am not sure the difference is enough to brand one of these fluids revolting and the other, well, whatever tears are considered by the squeamish.
Honestly, if saliva is kind of disgusting, wouldn't the last place you would want it to be is your mouth? I am not trying to be a smart alec here. I honestly don't understand.
If you learned to scuba dive back in the day, and probably now, too, the idea of spitting into your mask and swazzling it around with some water, then rinsing, was just how we were taught to keep the mask from fogging up.
As for your teeth whitening, has your commitment to swimming changed any dietary or beverage habits? Do you drink less coffee or tea perhaps? Chew on fewer beetlenuts? I haven't seen the chlorine tooth discoloration thread, and I suppose it's possible, but I don't know if you have been swimming long enough to see a noticeable difference. I know people who have used whitening strips for years without seeing a noticeable difference, so it's hard to imagine swmming would change things, positively or negatively, in months.
