By freestyle I mean front crawl. At the pool I see many people swim only freestyle. Some regulars swim it continuously for more than an hour, nothing else, day after day. Unless they are preparing for some coming race, I wonder why they don't get bored? It's also easy to get injury if you swim only one style for long term. Does anyone here belong to this category? If so, I'm interested to know what's your mindset. :D
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The difference between swimming freestyle and running: when you run 5000m, you can see many scenaries, but in swimming freestyle you only see the bottom of the pool. If it's another style, say backstroke, it would seem to me less boring. I remember reading that when Ian Thorpe retired he said he's glad he no longer had to see only the black lines at the pool bottom. ;)
The difference between swimming freestyle and running: when you run 5000m, you can see many scenaries, but in swimming freestyle you only see the bottom of the pool. If it's another style, say backstroke, it would seem to me less boring. I remember reading that when Ian Thorpe retired he said he's glad he no longer had to see only the black lines at the pool bottom. ;)
