How not to get bored swimming lap after lap without stop?
Former Member
Some of you swim like 3km or 10km without stop. It's good feat, but even when I swim for 200m I get bored, so I wonder how come you don't get bored immersing yourself underwater doing the same basic thing repeatedly for an hour or more? If I walk long distance I can still have views to look, but swimming in a 25m pool??
Focusing on technique; I find it takes lots of concentration. And in a group workout, there is a lot else to think about, like where I am in the queue, am I making the intervals, and trying to remember (it's not that easy!) what the heck the number on the pace clock is supposed to be when I'm supposed to start the next rep. Swimming on my own there is more potential for monotony, and so I try, at least, to tighten up the intervals and suffer a little extra. It's tough to get bored when I think about how much I love swimming. My worst times aren't times of boredom but the off days when almost nothing feels right and I just can't seem to hit the splits I ought to be doing.
Focusing on technique; I find it takes lots of concentration. And in a group workout, there is a lot else to think about, like where I am in the queue, am I making the intervals, and trying to remember (it's not that easy!) what the heck the number on the pace clock is supposed to be when I'm supposed to start the next rep. Swimming on my own there is more potential for monotony, and so I try, at least, to tighten up the intervals and suffer a little extra. It's tough to get bored when I think about how much I love swimming. My worst times aren't times of boredom but the off days when almost nothing feels right and I just can't seem to hit the splits I ought to be doing.
