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15 Things Swimmers Are Tired of Hearing<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Allison Peters, Swimming World College Intern<\/em><\/p>\n

Previously, I wrote “11 Things Your Swimming Coach is Tired of Yelling<\/a>” This week, I write from the point of view of a swimmer and the things that we get tired of hearing. Here are a few things non-competitive swimmers say to swimmers that never cease to drive us crazy.<\/p>\n

15 Things Swimmers Are Tired of Hearing<\/h2>\n

1.\u00a0 I never see you. You\u2019re always at practice.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m not always<\/em> at practice\u2026just about 10 times a week with sessions of dryland, lifting and stretching thrown in. Okay, so I\u2019m there a lot, but it\u2019s only because of how dedicated swimmers are to their sport. How many other sports do you see people training this much, morning, noon and night, just to cut .1 off their time at championships?<\/p>\n

2. You smell like chlorine.<\/strong><\/p>\n

That might have to do with something about your first complaint about how I\u2019m always at practice. The plus side to this is that I\u2019m practically immune to the smell! So while it may disgust you, I don\u2019t even notice it anymore (until I get into my car after practice and all the windows fog up).<\/p>\n

3. How many laps do you do at practice?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I never know how to answer this question. Sometimes I forget that swimmers have their own lingo – which doesn\u2019t include counting laps. I mean, who else would understand, \u201cWell we did three rounds of seven 25s, variable sprint.\u201d<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0 So are you as fast as Michael Phelps?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nothing annoys me more than this question. If I was as fast as Michael Phelps, don\u2019t you think you would know? I would\u2019ve already been to multiple Olympics and have tons of Olympic medals to my name. I\u2019d also probably be on the cereal box you opened for breakfast this morning.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0 Swimming isn\u2019t a real sport.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Okay, scratch what I said before. THIS is what annoys me the most from a non-swimmer. In swimming, you can\u2019t take a break, or call a time out or ask for a substitute! Don\u2019t tell us our sport isn\u2019t a real sport when we train year-round, in and out of the pool, getting thousands of yards in while non-swimmers sleep, all in hopes of shaving tiny fragments of time off at championships.<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0 Advice from Grandma after a swim: I thought you swam well, but you need to kick more in your breaststroke.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I know our family is just there to support us every meet. Mine literally comes every chance they can make it to see me swim. Sometimes though, especially after you swim badly, the last thing you want to hear is your grandma\u2019s critiques on your 100 breaststroke that really don\u2019t even make sense.<\/p>\n

7.\u00a0 If you swim, you must have a six-pack.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Although I don\u2019t really think anyone would mind having this assumption made about them, it is a pretty odd thing to just randomly ask in an everyday conversation.<\/p>\n

8.\u00a0 Do all the boys HAVE to wear Speedos?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let me start off by explaining that Speedo is a brand, not the name of the suit. It\u2019s really called a brief. They don\u2019t have <\/em>to wear them, but a lot of them do prefer to.<\/p>\n

9.\u00a0 Let\u2019s race!<\/strong><\/p>\n

The number of times I\u2019ve been at a pool party in my two-piece bathing suit and someone has challenged me to a swim-off is infinite. I\u2019ve never lost \u2013 I always carry an extra pair of goggles with me.<\/p>\n

10.\u00a0 Do you wear the cap to keep your hair dry?<\/strong><\/p>\n

If that is the purpose of a cap, mine is broken. We wear them to keep hair out of our eyes. Also, it stops boys’ hair from turning to straw or blondes’ hair from turning green.<\/p>\n

11.\u00a0 What\u2019s your time in your swim race?<\/strong><\/p>\n

You need to be more specific. There are about 14 races you could be asking me about.<\/p>\n

12.\u00a0 Do you eat 12,000 calories a day like Michael Phelps?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Phelps was interviewed saying he only <\/em>eats about 8,000 to 10,000 calories a day while he\u2019s in training. I\u2019d love to say I could gorge myself with that many calories as well, but I\u2019d probably sink to the bottom of the pool during practice.<\/p>\n

13.\u00a0 Why do you have to shave before meets?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shaving is a normal thing that every swimmer has to do before championship meets, even the boys. It helps you feel like a bullet shooting through the water and gets rid of extra resistance.<\/p>\n

14.\u00a0 I woke up so early this morning, 9 a.m.<\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Please don\u2019t tell me this. I\u2019ve already been up for almost four hours when your alarm was just starting to go off.<\/p>\n

15.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know how I\u2019m going to get all this homework done, I have so much to do!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Try fitting in four hours a day worth of training, class and extra curricular activities and see if you can get all your homework done too. I think being a swimmer has given me an amazing sense of time management so I\u2019m able to get everything done and get to bed. Though that doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s a piece of cake to fit it all in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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