So I am new to long distance swimming, and I am quickly falling in love:smooch: but...sometimes, those really long consecutive swims bring out the ADD in me. So what are some things you guys think about when your swimming for hours consecutively?
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Yes this is a good thread. As we hear, distance training is about 80% mental??
I thought you all might appreciate this that I found in the book Haunts of the Black Masseur by Charles Sprawson: "The swimmer's solitary training, the long hours spent semi-submerged, induce a lonely, meditative state of mind. Much of a swimmer's training takes place inside of his head, immersed as he is in a continuous dream of a world under water. So intense and concentrated are his conditions that he becomes prey to delusions and neuroses beyond the experience of other athletes."
Neurotic and delusional - yep, that can happen!
Yes this is a good thread. As we hear, distance training is about 80% mental??
I thought you all might appreciate this that I found in the book Haunts of the Black Masseur by Charles Sprawson: "The swimmer's solitary training, the long hours spent semi-submerged, induce a lonely, meditative state of mind. Much of a swimmer's training takes place inside of his head, immersed as he is in a continuous dream of a world under water. So intense and concentrated are his conditions that he becomes prey to delusions and neuroses beyond the experience of other athletes."
Neurotic and delusional - yep, that can happen!
