- Most of my friends are still asleep right now.
- I wonder what it’s like to sleep in?
- I wonder what’s for breakfast?
- I wonder what’s for lunch?
- I wonder what snack I should eat after this?
- I wonder what’s for dinner?
- I wonder what we are doing next?
- Why does this person have to swim on top of me?
- DON’T TOUCH MY FEET!
- Should I stop and let them pass me?
- OMG PASS ME NOW!
- I hate swimming.
- Why do I even swim?
- I wonder what it’s like to be normal?
- I wonder when’s a good time to go to the bathroom?
- Now is a good time.
- The pool is freezing
- Why can’t my coach give us a long warm up and now throw the main set at us after 5 minutes?
- I wonder what I should wear to class?
- I think I have a test today?
- I am so tired.
- I wonder if you can nap while swimming?
- I’m going to try and close my eyes.
- Oh crap! There’s a lane line there.
- This set is really hard.
- Why does my coach want to kill me?
- What am I going to do when I’m a swammer?
- My goggles are gross.
- I think I’m dying.
- I wonder how Michael Phelps feels everyday at his practices?
- How do people actually love swimming?
- I think my arms are going to fall off.
- I hope this is the last set.
- Staring at this black line all day is boring.
- Why is she trying to race me?
- I hate when people sprint warm up.
- I’m gonna sleep forever after this.
- Chipotle sounds good.
- Panera sounds good too.
- When is practice over?
- I wonder what dry-land is going to be.
- I hope it’s not hard.
- I’m scared.
- I wonder if coach is watching me?
- I hope not, I just took a breath off that wall.
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This is actually so true. I have every single one of these thoughts. I’ve been swimming for 7 years and I’m still only going into my freshman year of highschool. One thing I would like to add though is the song repeating in your head. I think this is a very big one.
Is that a typo? “Why can’t my coach blahblahblah and **not** throw the main set at us…”
Missed some. “I wish they’d clean the pool more often” or “what is that at the bottom of this pool”
Cant say i remember my swiming like that…. ok ever so often IT was freezing during morning practise. And i was always hungry. Thats about it.
On the other hand i do remember thinking “yeay im in super shape im gonna kill my pb at the next meet”.
Later when i became a coach i tried to influence my adepts to focus on the positive sido of the heard job they did to learn the techniques and the result of all the meters they had done.
46. Hmmmm, I wonder whose butt I just touched.
Maybe it’s just me, and I don’t want to be one of ‘those people’, but if I may, I’d add a few things… how about some positives? (other than food?). This is so focused on the dread of practice…I LOVE practice (after 35 years). I love challenging myself, figuring out new things, finally getting that challenge set! Let’s add some – “Man, I nailed that turn.” “Tokyo here I come!” “I don’t think I’ve ever felt my tempo so awesome!” “When did I learn how to kick?”
Nope no. Your forgetting the difficulty of swimming and the tiredness. It’s not bad to be dreadfull of 5 am practice outside in the freezing.
My swimming career ended long ago. The only one of these I remember distinctly is #29. Over and over. You’ll forget the rest, but not that one.