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The 29 Confessions of a Distance Swimmer – From the Archives<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Chandler Brandes<\/em><\/p>\n

“I didn’t choose the distance life. The distance life chose me.”<\/p>\n

Well, not quite.<\/p>\n

Distance swimmers are all born the same way: we swam the 500 for the first time around age nine or 10 and didn’t do too badly,\u00a0so our coaches put us\u00a0in it again at the next meet.<\/p>\n

Then again.<\/p>\n

And again.<\/p>\n

And before we knew it, we were\u00a0swimming the 1000.\u00a0Then the dreaded day came when we had to swim the 1650.<\/p>\n

And here we are, many years later, still staring at the bottom of the pool, anxiously waiting for the red blocks to appear.<\/p>\n

Here are 29 confessions all distance swimmers have:<\/p>\n

1. You wish you were a sprinter. Every. Single. Day.<\/h3>\n

2. You can guess your splits correctly\u2015to the tenth.<\/h3>\n
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Photo Courtesy: Kevin Liles-USA TODAY Sports<\/p><\/div>\n

3. You have a different pair of goggles you use when racing the 500, which are obviously different than the ones for the 1650.<\/h3>\n

4.\u00a0Brackets around sets don’t phase you anymore.<\/h3>\n

5.\u00a0You hate when your coach\u00a0thinks you can swim the 400 IM because you have “endurance.”<\/h3>\n

6.\u00a0You secretly have at least one teammate who you will never, ever let count for you.<\/h3>\n
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Photo Courtesy: Brian Jenkins-UVM Athletics<\/p><\/div>\n

7. You genuinely have no idea what stroke to do when a set says “no freestyle.”<\/h3>\n

8. You contemplate stopping at least<\/em> 66 times during the mile.<\/h3>\n

9. You secretly like training trip because it means long course.<\/h3>\n

10.\u00a0You wonder what it would be like to be\u00a0Katie Ledecky<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0nearly every practice.<\/h3>\n

11.\u00a0The thought of all the food you’ll eat after practice is sometimes the only thing that gets you out of bed.<\/h3>\n

12. Your ideal race plan includes using the first 600 as your warmup.<\/h3>\n

13. It means so much to you when you see your teammates cheer for you the entire race…<\/h3>\n

14. …except on the first lap, because no one can be THAT excited with 65 laps to go.<\/h3>\n
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15.\u00a0You seriously consider getting out and slapping your counter each time they\u00a0shake the numbers.<\/h3>\n

16. You quietly (or loudly) curse the person who thought it would be a good idea to race anything over a 100.<\/h3>\n

17.\u00a0You have separate playlists for the 500, 1000, and 1650.<\/h3>\n

18.\u00a0You purposely breathe to the side your coach isn’t standing on.<\/h3>\n
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Photo Courtesy: Taylor Brien<\/p><\/div>\n

19. You wish there was a 4×500 relay, but then realize how awful that would actually be.<\/h3>\n

20. You’re thankful that your start has no impact on your races.<\/h3>\n

21. You often think about all the yardage that you’ve skipped because, even after all these years, you\u00a0still can’t count correctly.<\/h3>\n

22.\u00a0You cry into your goggles almost every practice,\u00a0but no one notices because your eyes dry long before the set is\u00a0even halfway done.<\/h3>\n
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Photo Courtesy: Christa Weaver<\/p><\/div>\n

23. You consider writing complaint letters to broadcast stations for cutting to commercials during distance races.<\/h3>\n

24.\u00a0The red blocks are the most beautiful thing you’ve ever seen.<\/h3>\n

25. During long sets,\u00a0you only have the single most annoying verse of a song stuck in your head.<\/h3>\n

26.\u00a0You believe that hearing the bell is the equivalent of angels singing.<\/h3>\n
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Photo Courtesy: Hayley Good<\/p><\/div>\n

27.\u00a0You’ve mastered flip turning and pulling down your cap\u00a0simultaneously.<\/h3>\n

28. You don’t want to be at the distance session just as much as everyone else doesn’t.<\/h3>\n

29.\u00a0You love when people ask in amazement, “You swim all those laps…at once?”<\/h3>\n

Even though our hearts may be in the 50, we’ll forever be entered in the 1650.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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