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??
Leaving aside different sets and drills, when I've swum long distance laps I've had two tracks. One track is trying to make each stroke and turn as technically good as possible, stroke after stroke, and counting the laps (which is also important of course if you are going to vary the pace at different points in the workout). The other track is just letting my mind go blank and notice what swims into view. This sometimes leads to useful insights about things unrelated to swimming.
Leaving aside different sets and drills, when I've swum long distance laps I've had two tracks. One track is trying to make each stroke and turn as technically good as possible, stroke after stroke, and counting the laps (which is also important of course if you are going to vary the pace at different points in the workout). The other track is just letting my mind go blank and notice what swims into view. This sometimes leads to useful insights about things unrelated to swimming.
