Speaking from a swimmers point of view, the coaches of today need to understand why they are doing things. I don't know where they get these workouts from. Let's do it like the old days with 1000's and 500's that was fun! Enough of trying to get everyone interested!
And on that topic . . . there was a very attractive woman in a bikini swimming (slowly, rec swimmer style) next to me yesterday. She then got out and pulled a lounge chair up right at the opposite end of my lane to sun herself. Pretty much directly below the pace clock. By some fortuitous happenstance, yesterday's workout included a whole bunch of 25's and 75's (really, I'm not making this up, check Mo's workout for yesterday). It made it pretty tough to watch the clock and hit the intervals -- at least until her boyfriend/husband/significant whatever got out and pulled his chair up next to her. From his glares, I'm guessing he was a little suspicious as to why I was doing all that stopping and starting right in front of her, then looking directly at/past her to the clock.
And to those women swimmers who feel self-conscious about squeezing into a workout suit, in my book there's nothing a whole lot sexier than an athletic looking woman in a tank who can swim. Even better than bikini-clad sunbathers.
And on that topic . . . there was a very attractive woman in a bikini swimming (slowly, rec swimmer style) next to me yesterday. She then got out and pulled a lounge chair up right at the opposite end of my lane to sun herself. Pretty much directly below the pace clock. By some fortuitous happenstance, yesterday's workout included a whole bunch of 25's and 75's (really, I'm not making this up, check Mo's workout for yesterday). It made it pretty tough to watch the clock and hit the intervals -- at least until her boyfriend/husband/significant whatever got out and pulled his chair up next to her. From his glares, I'm guessing he was a little suspicious as to why I was doing all that stopping and starting right in front of her, then looking directly at/past her to the clock.
And to those women swimmers who feel self-conscious about squeezing into a workout suit, in my book there's nothing a whole lot sexier than an athletic looking woman in a tank who can swim. Even better than bikini-clad sunbathers.
