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??
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I dunno. I routinely swim 5K at a time and don't consider the laps empty or mindless. I watched my 3K times in open water steadily drop as a result. In fact, it's a great mental challenge in my march for longer and longer distances. Being challenged and improving is not related to the distances swum.
OW swimming is so much better and can't be boring, with all the views, currents, and sea animals :D--but above all, a destination, which you don't have when swimming in a 25m pool ;)
I dunno. I routinely swim 5K at a time and don't consider the laps empty or mindless. I watched my 3K times in open water steadily drop as a result. In fact, it's a great mental challenge in my march for longer and longer distances. Being challenged and improving is not related to the distances swum.
OW swimming is so much better and can't be boring, with all the views, currents, and sea animals :D--but above all, a destination, which you don't have when swimming in a 25m pool ;)
