Swimming Memes

Distance

My coach wants me to start swimming distance again. I’m weary to do it because I have a shoulder injury that can’t take too much repetition. He thinks that he can get me under 8:40 in my 800 (SCM) without too much effort from my shoulder… My best time ever in it is an 8:43, and went an 8:59 a few weeks ago, but it really hurt and I didn’t train for that whole week after.

What does everyone think?

Edit: I usually swim the 50,100,200 free and the 200IM at big meets (This is what I swam at trials) 

Stupid Question

Hello my beloved followers, I have a question to put out to you. A teammate and I were arguing as to whether or not it is possible to sprint a 200. Personally, I think yes, because well… I do it. It’s painful but I don’t consciously go slower or faster or pace… I just go. 

What does everyone think? Do you think it’s possible/do you sprint the 200?    

When we get a new person in the distance group

whatshouldswimmerscallme:

Update

So I went an 8:59 (SCM) in my 800… pretty much messed up all my other events, but I’m pretty happy about this… 

I now feel like dying. Expect many memes to emerge about my distance day once I have the energy to make them…. 

Anyone ever swam 4 distance events in one day?

Yeah, my coach hates me. 

200, 400, 800 free, 400 IM… 

The only event of these that I normally do is the 200 free…

Oh good god.  

Le Me: I hate Swimming. 
Le Friend: Then why do you swim?
Le Me: …. Because I love it.


Don’t try to understand.  

Crazy Coaches

So I’m home and club swimming again, all the 18 and unders are swimming in a meet tomorrow. Tonight, our coach decided to give us a crazy hard set. It went like this: 

*Please note it is all in METERS and in a LC pool* :| 

Warm Up: 800 free, 800 kick, 800 pull.
Main Set: 10x400 free - each 400 on 5:00, 5x200 IM on 2:45, 16x50 stroke on :40. 
Warm Down: Easy 200 free. 

….

The day before a meet. Not to mention yesterday we did about 15,000 meters total between two practices + dryland. My coach is crazy.