{"id":195223,"date":"2016-04-19T18:00:25","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T01:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=195223"},"modified":"2016-04-19T10:07:26","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19T17:07:26","slug":"21-thoughts-during-your-first-long-course-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/21-thoughts-during-your-first-long-course-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"21 Thoughts During Your First Long Course Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Delaney Lanker, Swimming World College Intern<\/em><\/p>\n<p>With both summer and the Olympics around the corner, that can only mean one thing. Long course training. Short course championship meets have concluded and the next thing we know, we are being thrown into long course meters training at full force. Once school ends, coaches take full opportunity of the extra time on our hands and the longer sunny days.<\/p>\n<p>While, some swimmers live for summer training, others, like me, dread the switch. The lack of walls and extra length don\u2019t always work out so well. But what doesn\u2019t kill you makes you stronger, right? Yeah, that\u2019s what I try to tell myself.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_120370\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120370\" data-attachment-id=\"120370\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/summer-swimming-a-fun-look-at-the-pros-and-cons\/wheaton-swimming-training-trip-generic-7\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wheaton-swimming-training-trip-generic-7.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"848,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Kelley Baylis&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"wheaton-swimming-training-trip-generic (7)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;wheaton-swimming-training-trip-generic (7)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Kelley Baylis&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wheaton-swimming-training-trip-generic-7-700x480.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wheaton-swimming-training-trip-generic-7.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-120370\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wheaton-swimming-training-trip-generic-7-700x480.jpg\" alt=\"wheaton-swimming-training-trip-generic (7)\" width=\"700\" height=\"480\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-120370\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Kelley Baylis<\/p><\/div>\n<p>So, here are some of my thoughts during my first long course practice of summer training:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Wow, that\u2019s a long pool. Was it always so long?<\/li>\n<li>I don\u2019t think I can make it the whole way.<\/li>\n<li>At least I\u2019m outside, summer is coming I guess.<\/li>\n<li>Okay, you can do this. *<em>Takes a deep breath<\/em>*<\/li>\n<li>*<em>Jumps in pool<\/em>* Yup, it\u2019s cold.<\/li>\n<li>Okay, just swim faster, you\u2019ll warm up.<\/li>\n<li>My arms feel like noodles.<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s like I\u2019m a sinking rock.<\/li>\n<li>Okay, let\u2019s just get into a groove. One stroke at a time.<\/li>\n<li>This isn\u2019t so bad.<\/li>\n<li>But I would really love a wall about now.<\/li>\n<li>*<em>Looks at clock<\/em>* It\u2019s only been an hour and I\u2019m already exhausted.<\/li>\n<li>I just hope we don\u2019t have to do fly.<\/li>\n<li>Well I jinxed it, we have to do fly.<\/li>\n<li>Where is the wall? My arms can\u2019t do this for so long.<\/li>\n<li>Yes, backstroke, I can finally cruise.<\/li>\n<li>Ugh, the sun is so bright. They call these tinted goggles?<\/li>\n<li>But I\u2019m getting tan at least. I really need the color.<\/li>\n<li>Bikini bod, here I come.<\/li>\n<li>The pain is totally worth it, I think.<\/li>\n<li>Tomorrow will be better right?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Delaney Lanker, Swimming World College Intern With both summer and the Olympics around the corner, that can only mean one thing. Long course training. 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