#long distance swimming

[cancmbyn]

Photo doesn’t really do Friday’s smog justice at the lake. Lots of Canada geese on the shore and other swimmers! :-)

Appropriately my internal soundtrack:

[frop-frop]

me too bro me too

[illarian-rambling]

I think the most American thing I've ever done as a writer is google "miles to football fields conversion"

[swim-culture-is]

Swim culture is not swimming for a few months after the end of the season and then joining a club to rebuild your strength over the summer for the school season

and then your first day there is fly day

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[wildevenusian]

i just don’t understand. why say ur ready to talk if you aren’t?

can u believe this post is what got me to reach tag limit

[jhsharman]

"You Can't Pool Me"

[raeathnos]

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[leggyre]

one day im gonna lose my mind and its gonna be because of rainmaker

[renisfan]

Btw saw someone pointed out but look at these

They're literally the same picture

[curarems]

Thinking of doing a reread of Jingo. Mainly because I am going on holiday to Croatia in a few hours and on... Tuesday, I think? We have a boat trip to Venice that will overall take four hours there and four hours back. I think it would be a vibe to read about Vimes having no fucking clue about boats while I am on a boat. Also, I miss 71-hour Ahmed

[ronanlynchbf]

the most important thing in the WORLDDDD is 2 live near a body of water btw 👍🌊🙏❤❗❗❗

[g0ldmedal]

Understanding Distance Per Stroke

Many coaches work hard to get their swimmers to improve their swimmers’ distance per stroke (DPS). Without a very clear understanding of ‘why’ you should have a long stroke, a swimmer will, often, slowly shorten their stroke. The ‘why’ makes the process easier for consistent application. I believe the trick is to get the swimmers to understand the underlying reason for making a long stroke so…

[tovarishch-dyke]

Entirely convinced that if Uljana Semjonova were to try to enter women’s basketball there would’ve been a massive uproar about how “she’s a man in disguise” or “she has too much physical advantage (7ft tall) over the other smaller, petite players” or “she’s too aggressive on the court” (literally was just blocking, never pushed) or “*insert some xenophobic remarks about Eastern European women*” and there would be hundreds of hours of interviews with some of the WASPy players on Fox News, daily wire, Joe Rogan, Rubin Report all crying about how she should be banned when in reality the tough truth is: HAVE BETTER STRATEGY

[skyjynxart]

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[existential-ashes]

i am terrified that it's all going to come to nothing. that I'll come to nothing. that ive already peaked and its only downhill from here. everyone has such high expectations, not the least of which come from myself. i don't know how to shift it.

i had such a great week but as soon as I come home, it all comes crashing down and suddenly I feel as if ive been left with nothing. I don't know why I can't just let good things be good. I don't know why I can't stop thinking about the fall whenever I've reached a summit. I'm trapped in a valley and all I see are mountains and I burn my last match to poison my lungs.

[todays-xkcd]

Thankfully for everyone involved, the Winter Olympics officials spotted me and managed to stop me before I got to the ski jump.

Olympic Sports [Explained]

Transcript

Caption: Olympic Sports ranked by how funny it would be if I, a regular person without athletic training, snuck onto the team to compete: Not That Funny: Rowing Fencing Weightlifting Golf Archery [Randall (as Cueball) missing the hole as putt distance, and Cueball missing the archery target from a couple of meters away.]

Pretty funny: Swimming Long jump Pole vault Diving Hurdle [Cueball bumblingright through a hurdle, one knocked over behind him.] Cueball: [Bonk] Ow! [Bonk] Ow!

Incredibly funny: Figure skating Horizontal bar Equestrian BMX freestyle Pommel horse [Cueball crawling on the horizontal bar with one foot outstretched, and Cueball flailing on the back of a moving horse.] Cueball: Look! Look! Cueball: AAAAA!