You know you are a swimmer when ...

[Sonic Swimmer78]

Me and my big mouth. I was just being overly-enthuseastic with the last one.

I love chocolate chip cookies myself.

Let me reiterate:

You Know You're a Swimmer When, the smell of chlorine brings you the same joy as the smell of freshly baked Chocolate Chip Cookies.

[Rowdy]

You know your a swimmer when you are on the treadmill cross training and your sweat chlorine.

[Hawaiiwoman]

You know you are a swimmer when: WHILE DOING YOUR CROSS-TRAINING RUN YOU VISUALIZE THE 1500 FOR YOUR UPCOMING SWIM MEET. :D

[Conniekat8]

You mean you guys still *notice* the smell of chlorine?

[Conniekat8]

wasn't there a you are a swimming nerd or a geek when... thread somewhere too?
I can't seem to find it and have couple additions, I think.
Help!

[geochuck]

You know your a swimmer when you are on the diving board and trip over athletes foot when they forgot to use enough chlorine.

[F'ueco]

Originally posted by Conniekat8
You mean you guys still *notice* the smell of chlorine?

I was wondering the same thing myself.

[MichiganHusker]

You know you are a swimmer when you wear your goggles while cross training on the elliptical machine.

You know you are a swimmer when you know the exact location of all 10 pairs of goggles, but you can't find a single pair of sunglasses.

You know you are a swimmer when you forget your clothes size, but you know your swimsuit size.

You know you are a swimmer when you stay up late to wash and dry an emergency load of towels.

[Mark in MD]

My wife has told me that I smell at times like a pool, i.e., like chlorine. I thank her for the compliment. :D

[geochuck]

Mark

I had a pool party at my home years ago and one of the guests climbed over the fence around my septic system. He fell in he came out smelling like a cesspool. I know that is not the same smell your wife smells when you have been swimming.

[Sonic Swimmer78]

Originally posted by Mark in MD
My wife has told me that I smell at times like a pool, i.e., like chlorine. I thank her for the compliment. :D

Aren't you lucky!

I'm trying to smell less like myself and more like cholorine myself.

You DEFINITELY know you're a Swimmer when your natural body odor isn't present and the sent of Chlorine has taken over.

[Jayhawk]

Originally posted by Conniekat8
You mean you guys still *notice* the smell of chlorine?

I once went to the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago with a friend who is not a swimmer. When we walked in, the first thing he said was, "Wow! You can really smell the chlorine!"

Until he said that, I hadn't even noticed it.

[Conniekat8]

.... when you wouldn't be caught dead trapsing on the deck with goggles on your eyes and wearing fins.

[fireguard]

When your neighbours asked your spouse why there are often arms moving near your apartment's windows. Honestly that's one of the most embarrasing moment in my life.

[Hawaiiwoman]

:D Good one, Fireguard!

[MikeB]

You know you're a swimmer when you are putting on your goggles before a workout and the ring is still around your eyes from your last workout

[swimnjim]

...you find the scent of chlorine on your wife to be very sexy.

[MikeB]

you know you're a swimmer when...

halfway through your workout, you feel too wiped out to finish the whole thing...So you finish the whole thing and then add another 400 on the end just for good measure...

[A.K.]

you know you're a swimmer when...

You are at work and stand up while you are on a call and start doing toe raises to help with your starts.

[Brian Stack]

Originally posted by swimnjim
...you find the scent of chlorine on your wife to be very sexy.

Hey Jim,

There are certain things one can deduce from such a statement Wheeler.
If so, congratulations, and you are correct my friend.

See Ya
Brian

PS Where ya swimming these days, the Richmond Plunge is closed???

[ladybug010]

When you own at least a dozen suits....Some are pratice suits that need to be layered....Some are practice suits in good shape.....Some are for general meets....Some are for the REALLY important meets.....And yah, maybe if you dig around in the back of your closet you can find that one beach suit that you bought ages ago.

[SwiminONandON]

A dozen? Man, I passed that number ages ago ... I'm actually emabarrased to admit how many suit I own ... I definitely have categories like that though ... I have a drawer for good suits (that aren't meet suits), a drawer for top layer suits, and a place for "technical" suits ...

[geochuck]

I had 21 speedos but I gave one away to a Mexican friend last winter and now I only have twenty.

[F'ueco]

I own two wearable speedos and a pair of jammers. Oh, and one tri suit.

That should be enough.

[Meeshe]

You know you are a swimmer when...

an attorney at the courthouse asks you where you practice and you say weeknights with a masters group at the Downtown Y. Oh did you mean law?

[Sonic Swimmer78]

That's too funny!

You know you're a swimmer when you suffer from withdrawl symptoms for not getting enough pool time or not being able to swim for two or three weeks.

[newmastersswimmer]

About Meshee's posting :.....Ditto! That was hilarious Meshee! I guess you must be an actual Lawyer to think of something like that.


Newmastersswimmer

[Conniekat8]

... you have more swimsuits then shoes.

... wish your family pets swim.

... look for a husband with big feet, because you hope that will make your kids good kickers.

... can tell a woman your breast looks great, and not get punched.

... can tell a man your fly looks great, and not raise an eyeborw.

[Dolphin 2]

I had my bathroom remodeled and I installed one of those Japanese soaking tubs (the extemely deep ones) so I could still get into the water even if I couldn't make it to the pool. ;)

[fireguard]

When your computer screen is crowded with smim video clips.

[The Fortress]

When you spend way too much time on this website.

[fireguard]

When you spend way too much time on this website.

Oops, that's exactly what I am going to say.

[fireguard]

your 3 year old daughter asks you that if the guy's name is Popov on that swim vedio clip when you are watching it.

[The Fortress]

Ok. I'll try again too. You know you are a swimmer when ... you spend ridiculous sums of money deep conditioning your long hair.

I guess I should cut it off like Ande suggests in his tips.

[lapswimmr]

Your on vacation, in a chic spot relaxing around a very nice but strangely shaped pool with a bar where most of the people are laying on chairs tanning wearing gold lame swim suits and you see a person getting in the pool with a cap and goggles , who starts swimming laps ,and you see them as "a swimmer" not a "exercise freak" and you go to your room to get your cap and goggles and join them for a swim in a pool with turns and bends in it, and you have a good swim!

[ljlete]

I just love it. This thread has to be the longest running one. It will soon be 5 years old (Feb 2007)!

How about: ... when your spouse comes home from the pool, you appreciated the smell of chlorine more than you would perfume/cologne.

Leo

[geochuck]

You don't shower after you swim, because your wife tells you she loves the smell of the chlorine.

[Thrashing Slug]

You know you're a swimmer when you go to work sans socks (or underwear, a belt, wearing pool sandals, etc.) because you forgot to bring them to morning practice.

[swimmerlisa]

You Know You're A Swimmer When:

1. Your parents bought you a car when you turned 16 not to be nice but because they were tired of getting up at 4 AM to take you to practice, and then having to leave work early to take you again at 4 PM.

2. You had the same hairstyle for your whole swimming career - SHORT.

3. When friends asked what salon you tanned at, you laughed at them.

4. You couldn't wait to get out of class and get to practice EARLY to hang out with your friends before dryland.

5. For girls, your stomach still doesn't tan as well as the rest of your body.

6. You've been horribly devasted from a terrible loss, and know the glory and pride that comes from a win.

[scyfreestyler]

When you stick around to see what happens next in the "Freestyle Stroke Question" thread.

[The Fortress]

When you stick around to see what happens next in the "Freestyle Stroke Question" thread and you're NOT a freestyler.

[Hink]

you're a Buddhist and swim at the Y in the morning and the J in the afternoon.

[aqualech]

You can't remember the last time that you took a shower at home.

[Muppet]

when...

you think this icon is the funniest thing you've seen in a while...
:dedhorse:

[Peter Cruise]

Oh, I don't know about that, Jeff. It might just indicate that you've been on the internet a little too long instead...

[tjburk]

You know you are a swimmer when you deploy to the desert and you pack all of your workout gear in hopes that there is a pool where you are going!!!!!:banana:

And then you get there........and there is!!!!! YAY!!!!!:groovy:

[poolraat]

You can't remember the last time that you took a shower at home.
I like this one......so true.

[The Fortress]

you only plan on taking your 6 year old trick or treating for an hour because you have to go to swim practice.

[chickadee]

You contemplate wearing your race suit, sweats, goggles, cap and a medal to work for a costume on Halloween, okay I only thought of it because it would be comfortable, I really went as vampire.

[poolraat]

My 14 y.o. son went as a superhero named "Swimmingman". Towel for a cape , goggles & cap, Underarmor pants with a drag suit, and flip flops. His sister decorated him with magic marker....he was quite a sight.

[dorianblade]

You know you're a swimmer when nothing makes you feel more relaxed and satisfied before going to sleep then the workout you did earlier.

[geochuck]

You know you are a swimmer if you can swim like this http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=139523333240485714

[nkfrench]

I am going to have lanerope nightmares after watching that video. That creeps me out.

[CreamPuff]

You know you are a swimmer when. . . (sorry for a few repeats but these hold so true for me)

You wonder why anyone would want a boob job as it would ruin your streamline

The first question your husband asks you each day is not, "How was work or your day", but rather, "How was practice?" . . . and instead of "fine," a lively conversation always follows

You turn down a new corvette from hubby in order to spend the extra $10K a year for the next five years on traveling and competing in national/ international meets and open water swimming and. . . husband agrees it's better as he says that a happy (swimming) wife means a happy life

You are thrilled when there is practice on the holidays and even happier when it's a longer practice as you can eat more turkey or fruitcake depending on the holiday. OR, if the coach is taking a well deserved vay-cay, you are excited to see if you can hold your own against the Senior I or AG I kids during their practices - and you can hold your own even if it's just for part of the practice

You can eat whatever you want and your non-swimming friends get annoyed at you as you don't seem to ever gain weight

You change your phone number's last four digits to 7946 or SWIM

You customize your liscense plate to IMFLYIN (not recommended for red sports cars)

Your dreams take place in water - and you learn to breathe underwater in the dreams (very cool)

You figure out how to get a mini practice in the kidney shaped pool at your hotel

You notice that you can breathe better on land!!!

Strangers at the pool ask if you are training for the Olympics (and you know full well - not even close!), but it's nice when they ask

Your husband's friends all call you a fish - and you are not insulted

[SwimStud]

Your dreams take place in water - and you learn to breathe underwater in the dreams (very cool)



When I was about 8 I had a vivid dream that I could fly. However, the way I flew was doing breastroke in the air...I still remember to this day that dream because of how "real" it seemed. I was so :mad: when I woke and found that I no longer had my powers except in the pool...

[laineybug]

Your dreams take place in water - and you learn to breathe underwater in the dreams (very cool)


Have this dream frequently.

In my dream, I discovered that to breathe underwater (like everything else associated with swimming) requires proper technique. That's why so many folks can't do it.

Aren't dreams wonderful?

Lainey

[Donna]

When I was about 8 I had a vivid dream that I could fly. However, the way I flew was doing breastroke in the air...I still remember to this day that dream because of how "real" it seemed. I was so :mad: when I woke and found that I no longer had my powers except in the pool...

Wow I had this same dream but at age 13.

Donna

[gbrittongeology]

When your dog and cat sniff you and make faces and leave. Also when your non-swimming spouse complains for you to put purfume on to cover the chlorine smell. Another is that you have more swim suits than pairs of socks!:p

[poolraat]

When the sale ads for Big 5 come out, you check to see if suits or goggles are on sale.

[laineybug]

When your dog and cat sniff you and make faces and leave.

My cat loved the smell of chlorine. She would position herself on the back of the couch or chair so she could put her nose in my hair and inhale the intoxicating scent.

Lainey

[jonblank]

When you're on Speedo's email list, and order with delight when Fastskin I's, already discounted, are another 25% off. (I suppose you are a REAL swimmer when you cough up the extra $200 or so to buy a Fastskin II. For that reason, I'm probably not a REAL swimmer).

When Brendan Hansen and Amanda Beard are on your screensaver.

When it's 3 am and you're posting on this site.

[The Fortress]

your kids ask why there are fish and birds and Simpson characters on your computer screen.

[swimr4life]

The smell of bleach is somehow comforting to you!

[m2tall2]

You know you're a swimmer when...your car smells like the pool because you hang your towel on the passenger seat and you suit on the gear shift to dry them out.

I find the "dry cleaning" hook in the passenger seat is far more effective than the gear shift...

Which brings me to, you know your a swimmer when you show up at your night class and don't wonder why your bag and notebook are wet because of course it must have been sitting under your drippy wet bathing suit in the backseat all day.

In other words, you never wonder why ANYTHING is ruined and wet. It's part of life.

[SwimStud]

...you're secretly happy that your Mother's flight from London gets delayed by just enough to allow you to swim a mile before you have to leave to drive 2hrs to get her from Newark Airport!! :rofl:

True Story lol

[m2tall2]

I have a couple more...

You know you are a swimmer when dryland even enters your vocabulary. You dread drylands. And you say drylands like it is a dirty word and think it's absurd anyone would want to do anything on land.

YKYAASW you have what appears to be an allergy to chlorine yet still swim.

YKYAASW you work overtime every week just to scrape out extra money for a pool membership.

YKYAASW (and this is a repeat but so true for me) you aren't able to swim for a couple years and have such vivid dreams about swimming you must find any way possible to scrape together money get into the pool again.

YKYAASW you rearrange your life around the pool schedule.

YKYAASW you don't understand why CVS doesn't sell UltraSwim year round.

[SwimStud]

...whilst among your friends at holiday parties you will defend the wearing of Speedo's for training and competitions :applaud: :woot:

:rofl:

[chickadee]

YKYASW - your injured and told to stay out of the pool, and you 'drop in"just to get a quick wiff of the chlorine...:(

YKYASW - you coworkers want to know when you can return to swimming because your soooo cranky.....:frustrated:

YKYASW - your Christmas list is all swim stuff that has to be ordered and your family members don't know what it is ...

[dorianblade]

You think swedish goggles are sexy.

[Backflip]

When seeking refreshment, you feel compelled to do a two-hand touch on the water cooler before returning to your office

When someone says lets start the meeting, you want to dive across the full length of the conference table in a streamlined position

[brigid bunch]

Taper makes you cry.

[TacJag]

.. you stop at the pool on the way home from the first skiing trip of the year to (1) swim a couple of hundred yards and (2) sit for a while in the sauna & hot tub.

Did it this evening (Wednesday) after about 6 hours on the slopes at Crystal Mountain.

I may never walk again ...

Happy Thanksgiving all!!

Ken

[dorianblade]

When someone says lets start the meeting, you want to dive across the full length of the conference table in a streamlined position

lol

http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/8828/swimkr4.jpg

[proberts]

Pools 96 yes 96 ..... and you still swim...at least easy...for as long as you can.

[poolraat]

The city pool is closed for the holiday so you go to a motel health center pool to get a workout.

[nkfrench]

... You own 4 pair of fins (red feet-eatin' zoomers; SCUBA big fins; black rubber fins and new Hydro short fins) and only one pair of dress shoes.

... You ever fibbed your way out of a late meeting at work to go to swim practice.

... You ever had to have surgery and your first question to the doc was "When can I start swimming again" instead of "When can I go back to work".

... You ever painted a surgical incision with TuffSkin (or whatever it's called) so you could get back in the pool before the staples came out

... It drives you nuts when somebody says, "Oh, I wouldn't be caught DEAD in a bathing suit"

... You ever conned yourself out of bed for early practice telling yourself that if you were still tired afterwards, you could go back home to bed instead of going to work on time.

... The first thing people ask you if they haven't seen you in a while is "Are you still swimming ?"

[dorianblade]

You just got your order of 4 goggles, 3 swim caps, 2 swimsuites and one kickboeard and you couldn't be happier.

[swimator]

you know you are a swimmer when you look like Alexander ( http://swimmingscience.blogspot.com/2006/08/alexander-popov.html ) in the water

[DianaC]

Hi - on the Ultraswim year-round, I was told by a marketing rep friend that they do sell Ultraswim year-round in CVS, they just put it down low on the shelf. You may have to look for it or ask for it, but they are supposed to have it all year. I have tried to tell them that swimmers swim all year, but the stores apparently won't give a lot of shelf space to things they perceive as "seasonal". Talk to your store manager, and tell them you want it all year. It should be available. Good luck! Diana

[Caped Crusader]

Taper makes you cry.


Taper never makes me cry.

You know you're a swimmer when ...

Your shoulder is doing just fine :eek: but you read through the "shoulder injuries" thread anyway .... and you find mermaids kissing birds, fish smashing guitars and racoons sitting in disbelief.

[dorianblade]

When you go to the gym wearing speedo and flip flops. 8-)

(and receive envied eyes as you cruise along the pump machines on your way in/out of the pool.) HA! mortals and their dumbells.

[poolraat]

If jamming a piece of Styrofoam between your legs is not considered kinky, you might be a swimmer.

[swimr4life]

If jamming a piece of Styrofoam between your legs is not considered kinky, you might be a swimmer.

I have a funny quote from my old Masters coach. Some of our team's pull buoys have mold on them and are pretty gross. When we were getting our equipment out before practice he would say, "Be careful what you pick to put between your legs!" :rofl:

[okoban]

Find yourself counting your strokes even in the open-water swimming
Feel 'poolsick' as much as 'homesick' when you're away
Wake-up at 6 instead of 7
Criticize your 8 year-old kid's swimming technique

[tjburk]

When the chlorine smell at the pool makes you feel at home.......

[SwimStud]

You can honestly say that still admire David Wilkie!

[chaos]

....you spend $250 on a limo to pick your mother in law up from the airport so you can go to swim practice.


thats all i'm sayin.

[Ivor]

You can honestly say that still admire David Wilkie!

I think you know you are a swimmer when you have even a vague idea of who David Wilkie is.

[dorianblade]

You know you're a swimmer when your most brilliant thoughts occur underwater.

[CreamPuff]

you just can't make it to the inlaws' for the holidays because of practice/ a meet/ your team holiday party!
:rofl:

[The Fortress]

you just can't make it to the inlaws' for the holidays because of practice/ a meet/ your team holiday party!
:rofl:

Man, Kristina, I hope you don't get in trouble with the in-laws. Like HHowland, I'm bored at work so I am really beating you in the post war today. It's even further to Tipperary now.

Oh, You know someone's a swimmer when they change their name to
(S)he-Man. :applaud:

[CreamPuff]

Man, Kristina, I hope you don't get in trouble with the in-laws. Like HHowland, I'm bored at work so I am really beating you in the post war today. It's even further to Tipperary now.

Oh, You know someone's a swimmer when they change their name to
(S)he-Man. :applaud:

Trust me. I'm permanently in the dog house with the in-laws. We are like oil and vinegar starting with they smoke like chimneys (my hubby does not) - and that does not mix too well with swimming.

How do you guys post so much!?

Oh, you know you are a swimmer when. . .
You talk once to your husband's boss about swimming and carb loading pre competitions and as a result, hubby's holiday gift from boss is now a mega box of tamales?! Random!? What happened to the grapefruits?
:rofl:

(They were shipped today - 90 of them. I've eaten 4 and am now offically stopping before I gain 100 lbs.)

[SwimStud]

You go training and stay a bit longer than usual without thinking that you have to get home for you son, so that your wife can take your daughter to perform in the local production of "The Nutcracker."

Oops...D'ya think I heard about that one?

[poolraat]

YKYASW....
It's been 4 hours since you worked out and you still smell like chlorine.

[dorianblade]

YKYASW....
It's been 4 days since you worked out and you still smell like chlorine.

CORRECTED.

[poolraat]

CORRECTED.

I can't even hide it with Old Spice!!

[SwimStud]

I can't even hide it with Old Spice!!

Try "Brut 33"
That stuff stinks lol

[Muppet]

YKYASW....
It's been 4 hours since you worked out and you still smell like chlorine.

How about 4 days since....

;)

[SwimStud]

YKYAASW...
...you hope your wife gets home early from coworkers birthday drinks...








...so you can hit the pool for 45 before closing time... :joker:

[dorianblade]

How about 4 days since....

;)

muppet, read several posts up.

[♪mk99]

you know when ur a swimmer when...

-people ask you for your IM, and you ask, "wait, 200 or 400?"

-you own about 7 swim suits, none of which are 2 pieces, half of which are ripped or tied together and one costs over $100 (and its not prada)

-Whenever you smell chlorine, your adrenaline peaks

-When your nonswimming friends hold diving contests, you instinctively shallow dive

-One of your favorite pasttimes is kicking kids out of the pool when practice starts

-you eat tons but hardly gain any weight

-one second seems like a lifetime

[newmastersswimmer]

I wish I could eat tons and not gain any weight...LOL!! :frustrated: :shakeshead:

newmastersswimmer

[swim4me]

-Whenever you smell chlorine, your adrenaline peaks




I thought I was the only one with Pavlov's Syndrome :agree:

[Sonic Swimmer78]

HAHAHAHAHA!!!!

I love that!!!

You knowyou're a swimmer when you make a Superhero that's a Swimmer!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v38/Orgo65/SonicMan2.jpg

Introducing Sonic Man!! He's a self-portrait, to add.

[SwimStud]

YKYASW...
You walk in after 10PM, make a drink, pop a naproxen, eat a doughnut without any fear of calories or carbs, grab your ice pack, and stick your neti pot up your bugle!

[ensignada]

YKYASW...

You feel a cold coming on and rush to the pool so that if you feel really awful the next day, you won't feel bad about missing a workout.

(5 months ago I thought y'all were NUTS talking like this, and now I've become one of you :help:. When do I learn the secret handshake?)

[AlanM]

You go on honeymoon to Mexico and pack swim kit. Turn up at hotel with no pool but a large lagoon. Oh look - people swimming laps across the lagoon (about 75m) look like serious swimmers - think I'll join in. Do so for first week of honeymoon (turns out they were the Hungarian triathlon squad!), despite mutterings of diapproval from hte wife. Continue to do so for second week, in spite of being told that (and seeing) crocodiles in the lagoon!

You have met David Wilkie and seen him swimming 50m breastroke underwater.

[SwimStud]

You have met David Wilkie and seen him swimming 50m breastroke underwater.

:notworthy: :bow: :notworthy: :bow: :notworthy: :bow::notworthy: :bow: :notworthy:
Does he still have the tache?

[AlanM]

It was way back last century (late 1980's) and he did still have the tache. Just googled him and the facial hair appears still to be in place. Back to the usual topic of shaving for racing?

[aquaFeisty]

YKYASW... while making the bed in the morning, you find the two ice packs that were on your shoulders when you fell asleep!

[Karen Duggan]

You know you're a swimmer when...

you do 50 x 100 fly on 2:00 for your 50th birthday because you can!

Kerry O'Brien did that last Monday, March 12th.
Way to go Coach Big Dog :banana:

And, you know you're a swimmer when...

you bring your 4 year old daughter to a swim meet and she not only wants to buy a suit (pink of course!), but she wants to swim too!

And, a simple change in the weather makes you think about swim meets. The first nice Spring day always makes me think of our Pac Champs :)

And, you still swim because even though you may have done it forever, you are still trying new things...

[FlyQueen]

Karen, I thought you swam 50 x 100 fly when I first read that and was going to have to surrender my screen name to you ... HOLY CRUD! That's ALOT of fly. Power to him!

[Mighty Minnow]

When you don't recognize your teamates in street clothes.....
AND you think they look better without them!

[Karen Duggan]

FlyQueen- I had a hard time just TYPING 50 x 100 fly! Swimming that amount of fly is not anywhere in my gene pool. In fact I'm pretty sure there's a lifeguard at that gene pool!!! :p

[3strokes]

... the first thing(s) you think of packing when preparing to go on a trip are swimsuits and goggles. You might be going on an Antartic National Geographic exploration trip for ten months or just overnight to the Saharan desert where the odds of finding anything to swim in are ZERO.
But you'll take them along just in case.

[Larry_55]

You know you're a swimmer when; you keep a copy of the pools lap swim schedule in your wallet, glove compartment and on the 'fridge. You keep the pools phone number in both your PDA and on speed dial on your cell. The life guards know your first name and automatically 'put out a lane' for you when you arrive at the pool.

[Hiro11]

...when you get that adrenaline surge mixed with a slight feeling of dread when you smell chlorine. You know the pain is coming... and you love it!

...when you get unreasonably pissed off when someone interrupts one of your sets by swimming through your lane, dropping something in your lane etc. You're like a junky getting a fix, anyone that interferes with that mission is just asking for trouble.

...when your pants are too loose at the waist and your shirts are too tight at the shoulders.

...when you know exactly how many strokes you need to take for SCY, SCM and LCM in all four strokes.

...if you remember when spin turns with one hand on the wall at all times were required for backstroke. Also, when breaststroke was completely different.

...when you can fully appreciate the insane beauty of watching world-class swimmers perform. You're up late at night scouring youtube for clips of old Alex Popov races, Janet Evans, Michael Phelps in Melbourne or Spitz in Munich that have reasonable commentary (usually Australian). The next day, you're charged up to double your yardage.

...when you plan vacations based on which resort has a 25 yard pool.

[3strokes]

...
...when you plan vacations based on which resort has a 25 yard pool.

..... as a minimum in length and has at least two straight and
parallel sides.

[globuggie]

... when you can swim two miles in a workout no problem, but can hardly run half a mile without getting out of breath (Guess what I did when the pool was closed this morning?)

[Glider]

Hiro, Wow, I swear you are my evil twin. Reading your post was like staring into a mirror...:agree: :agree:

You know you are a swimmer when you don't shampoo and comb out your hair after a practice/meet...and even though you soon have this gnarly, green, spikey coiffure...you never give a thought as to just how abnormal you look the rest of the day.:shakeshead:

Mark

...when you get that adrenaline surge mixed with a slight feeling of dread when you smell chlorine. You know the pain is coming... and you love it!

...when you get unreasonably pissed off when someone interrupts one of your sets by swimming through your lane, dropping something in your lane etc. You're like a junky getting a fix, anyone that interferes with that mission is just asking for trouble.

...when your pants are too loose at the waist and your shirts are too tight at the shoulders.

...when you know exactly how many strokes you need to take for SCY, SCM and LCM in all four strokes.

...if you remember when spin turns with one hand on the wall at all times were required for backstroke. Also, when breaststroke was completely different.

...when you can fully appreciate the insane beauty of watching world-class swimmers perform. You're up late at night scouring youtube for clips of old Alex Popov races, Janet Evans, Michael Phelps in Melbourne or Spitz in Munich that have reasonable commentary (usually Australian). The next day, you're charged up to double your yardage.

...when you plan vacations based on which resort has a 25 yard pool.

[ande]

You know you are a swimmer when ...

you are dripping wet
in pool water and sweat

[m2tall2]

You entertain the thought of painting your nails or getting a mani/pedi but you realize the very next morning it will be stripped away in the pool. You try to think of a time to do it and realize there are never enough days in a row away from the pool to make the polish last.
Eventually you totally give up the idea of looking girly and don't entertain the concept unless it's a mani/pedi without polish...mostly because the massage feels good on your poor extremeties. It's amazing how many muscles are used in your hands during a good swim!

[islandsox]

... when you can swim two miles in a workout no problem, but can hardly run half a mile without getting out of breath (Guess what I did when the pool was closed this morning?)

How did you know this was me?

[islandsox]

You know you are a swimmer when your ocean swim buddies are two barracudas and a spotted ray and they draft off of you.

You know you are a swimmer when driving a car you can smell chlorine a half-mile away. I found a 50 meter pool yesterday when I followed the chlorine smell. But it's closed for the summer (dang!).

[ensignada]

...the highlight of your summer is hearing your daughter describe the highlight of hers as "watching my mom swim in her first swim meet."

[JennyS]

When you run into your teammates at the grocery store and say, "Wow. I didn't recognize you in your clothes!" as other shoppers stop in their tracks, mouths agape, upon hearing this.

[MAC swimmer]

...lunchtime is meant for 1500-2000 yds workouts. Eating is reserved for the 5 minutes in the rest of lunchhour.

....you keep a training suit until it virtually disintegrates in your hands.

....you leave a dinner table full of dirty dishes, a wife and 3 kids so that you can make the practice time.

....you can't take a business trip without planning the week's workouts in strange unknown pools.

...you get in a big fight with your sister because she makes you late for the workout!

[MAC swimmer]

Ha! Hiro, you are more insane than I. MORE!

....when you read Gold in the Water 10 times in 5 years.

....when you belong to 4 pools in your town!

....when you have pictures of Tom Wilkens, and Michael Phelps on your office desktop!

....when your one true dream--the ultimate adventure--is to swim the English Channel solo.

[geochuck]

Where did I see that story before????
When you run into your teammates at the grocery store and say, "Wow. I didn't recognize you in your clothes!" as other shoppers stop in their tracks, mouths agape, upon hearing this.

[onefish]

...you smile at the slight chlorine smell of a recently wet suit inside your car at the end of a long day at work.

...you get to see a lunar eclipse on the deck before early morning workout but get in the water anyway. (I kept checking in between sets for fun)

...you're not bothered by folks in silly golf clothes giving you funny looks as you leave the pool wild-haired and bedraggled in the early morning.

DV

[Slowswim]

I know I'm not one...yet. But we are planning a trip to the mountains (NC) and all my daughter (3 yo) wants to do is swim in the hotel pool. There is hope!

[inklaire]

At work you keep the key to your staff room locker attached to your pants with a diaper pin.

[swimm87]

Your hair turns a shade between blond and gray and people ask you if you have died your hair or went on vacation somewhere that its very sunny.

[bobbyhillny]

This is a fabulous thread!
Thanks. Great to know there are so many people that share the passion :cool:

[rtodd]

When you have trouble sleeping on shoulders. Also when you stretch out during the day, your arms automatically go hand over hand and you squeeze your head.

[marksman]

...you have a raccoon tan like this guy

http://images.jupiterimages.com/common/detail/30/78/22197830.jpg

[Leonard Jansen]

...you have a raccoon tan like this guy

http://images.jupiterimages.com/common/detail/30/78/22197830.jpg

Hey - No raccoon jokes allowed here.

-Fred Raccoon

[bobbyhillny]

When you have trouble sleeping on shoulders. Also when you stretch out during the day, your arms automatically go hand over hand and you squeeze your head.

Good one :laugh2:

[pwolf66]

When you have trouble sleeping on shoulders. Also when you stretch out during the day, your arms automatically go hand over hand and you squeeze your head.

Guilty, Your Honor.

Paul

[ljlete]

When your buddy asks how far you went today and you leave off the hundreds digits. That is "I swam 35 today" means 3500.

[Douglas]

...your barber pauses before the first hair is cut and says: "Are you a swimmer?"
and you say "Yes, how did you know?, and she says,
"Beacuse your hair is green..." :(

[ensignada]

...you're getting your stuff out of your broken down car and you are sure to get your fins, but nearly forget the booster seat.

[Slowswim]

You're sick enough that you consider not going to work, while heading for the pool.

[ViveBene]

This might work, especially if you have a doctor's note with general pablum.

Mountains?!? I'm all agog. Part of the Appalachian Trail? Mountain climbing makes one a much better swimmer, and vice versa.

Regards, VB

You're sick enough that you consider not going to work, while heading for the pool.

[SwimStud]

...you get excited about how soft and fluffy your new towel is after your post workout shower...$5.99 from Target!

[scyfreestyler]

...you get excited about how soft and fluffy your new towel is after your post workout shower...$5.99 from Target!

This might make you a swimmer, but it also makes you a target for a Chuck Norris attack.

[Michelina]

When you are planing your vacation to Europe, you refuse to stay anywhere that does not have a pool!

[amyro1234]

You never have less than 3 swimsuits drying on your bathroom towel rack at onece.
You can say "easy" and "5000 yards" in the same sentance.
You go through about 5 swimsuits a year.
You wear more than one swimsuit at a time , and know the purpose for doing so.

[Drewid]

You know you are a swimmer when... you leave the chlorine stain on you glasses because they are just going to get wet again.

[zmontgo]

when the practice suit your wearing looks like dental floss from all of the material thats torn away, but you won't throw it away because it's your favorite drag suit.

[Waver]

You know you are a swimmer when

1.you swim in the fast lane and are the only girl in the lane and then get told to lead the lane.
2. you want to break records in your age group
3. you want to get 1st place in the Nat'ls and you've only been working out for 18 months and then do it.
4. you start planning for the Worlds in 2010 now.
5. you change you work schedule to fit your work out schedule.
6. on your scheduled day of rest you still go to the pool to do drills.

[geochuck]

Now that is commitment.
You know you are a swimmer when

1.you swim in the fast lane and are the only girl in the lane and then get told to lead the lane.
2. you want to break records in your age group
3. you want to get 1st place in the Nat'ls and you've only been working out for 18 months and then do it.
4. you start planning for the Worlds in 2010 now.
5. you change you work schedule to fit your work out schedule.
6. on your scheduled day of rest you still go to the pool to do drills.

[amyro1234]

You know you are a swimmer when

1.you swim in the fast lane and are the only girl in the lane and then get told to lead the lane.
2. you want to break records in your age group
3. you want to get 1st place in the Nat'ls and you've only been working out for 18 months and then do it.
4. you start planning for the Worlds in 2010 now.
5. you change you work schedule to fit your work out schedule.
6. on your scheduled day of rest you still go to the pool to do drills.

Wow! That is awesome!!!

[aquageek]

Please, for the love of all things aquatic, no more poetry! Brings back memories of Fort and Stud's love fest in 2007. Ay caramba.

[geochuck]

I have never been very poetic bare with me this little try.

Swim Fast
Don't be last,
Make a beline
Please swim streamline,
Get there first
Breathe heavy but don't you burst,
Don't be meek
Swim like Aquageek.

[CreamPuff]

I have never been very poetic bare with me this little try.

Swim Fast
Don't be last,
Make a beline
Please swim streamline,
Get there first
Breathe heavy but don't you burst,
Don't be meek
Swim like Aquageek.

Swim like Aquageek
Who is nice and sleek
With a superb physique
Not at all weak
And not yet reached his peak!
Don't call him antique, a freak, or pipsqueak
Or you future on the board will be rather bleak

:lmao:
Couldn't resist

[3strokes]

Swim like Aquageek
Who is nice and sleek
With a superb physique
Not at all weak
And not yet reached his peak!
Don't call him antique, a freak, or pipsqueak
Or you future on the board will be rather bleak

:lmao:
Couldn't resist

Did I hear a shriek
when you called him a freak?
This poem needs a tweak
but it shouldn't take a whole week.
There. It's gone in a streak.

[Jayhawk]

... you have to put on your swimming goggles before chopping onions (I did this just now to avoid :cry:).

[Paul Smith]

it's 114 degrees in AZ and friends invite you to a "pool party"...and ask...politely...that you not wear a Speedo.

Excuse me...its a drag suit. Let me say this again...unlike Sam Perry it is not a "drag queen" suit.

[swimmj]

You know you are a swimmer when you hit the gym 6 hours after practice and the post practice shower, start to warmup on the treadmill and smell - chlorine.

You know you are a swimmer with a swimming spouse when he/she finds the above experience evocative of fond memories.

[3strokes]

it's 114 degrees in AZ and friends invite you to a "pool party"...and ask...politely...that you not wear a Speedo.



........... and you show up AND you're wearing your briefs and you scoff at your friends, because what you're wearing is NOT a Speedo, it's a TYR.

[geochuck]

Paul I looked for you at Wing's restaurant at the Phoenix Airport on June the 6th.
it's 114 degrees in AZ and friends invite you to a "pool party"...and ask...politely...that you not wear a Speedo.

Excuse me...its a drag suit. Let me say this again...unlike Sam Perry it is not a "drag queen" suit.

[amyro1234]

Any time you are away from the pool for even a day, you miss it:cry:
...and feel extremely happy when you get back in:D

[ensignada]

You are at the pool for the express purpose of playing with your child and there are lap lanes lying completely empty and you think, "what a waste".

[3strokes]

You are at the pool for the express purpose of playing with your child and there are lap lanes lying completely empty and you think, "what a waste".

The intention was good but..........Nah.
That's just being a parent who swims.
A real swimmer, upon seeing empty lanes, would hire a lifeguard to babysit and would dive right into one of the empty lanes.

[gufyduck]

You know you are a swimmer when...one morning you wake up and can't find your glasses, so you grab your prescription goggles. However, those start to get caught in your hair, so out comes a swim cap, just to help find the missing glasses.

[tjrpatt]

you have a section in your Bookmarks just for swimming sites.

you get psyched for long course season.

most people are excited to meet Tiger Woods or Michael Jordan but you get excited to meet Janet Evans(I still have her autographed picture).

[BillS]

You see a photo of swimsuit model Marisa Miller, and think "Man, she could look OK if only she had the guns of _________ "[fill in the name of your favorite female masters swimmer here. Or Gull, if that works for you]. "That girl needs to get her puny little self to the pool."

[mctrusty]

You see a photo of swimsuit model Marisa Miller, and think "Man, she could look OK if only she had the guns of _________ "[fill in the name of your favorite female masters swimmer here. Or Gull, if that works for you]. "That girl needs to get her puny little self to the pool."

That picture makes her look like a bobblehead.

[SwimStud]

That picture makes her look like a bobblehead.

She can do the backstroke leg of any relay she wants!

[ScarletSwimmer]

You slip on your noseclip when cleaning out garbage cans.

[decent freestyler]

...when all your friends are swimmers.

[CreamPuff]

Your husband, a nonswimmer, emails you first thing on a Monday morning to say that in reviewing your times on the USMS site, he had some specific questions regarding your IM times and placement. :rofl: I didn't even know that he knew how to get to this site!

[EllenT]

You know you're a swimmer when:

1) You look in your workout bag and you have about 7 pairs of goggles (and still can't find a pair you absolutely love) and 15 swim caps in various stages of decay

2) Your kids have "swimming" races while running around the house instead of playing cops and robbers, or ninjas or whatever. :cool:

[pwolf66]

You skip a round of golf to go swim an LCM 'stroke' day practice an hour away from your house.

Paul

[Lucy Crabapple]

When trying to fall asleep you count strokes instead of sheep.

[Glider]

Yeah, ain't that a drag...

She can do the backstroke leg of any relay she wants!