ericmulk wrote:
tigerpaws wrote:
Rambler wrote:
First indoor swim yesterday. I don't feel faster in the dark, gloomy indoor pool even though it's shorter. I just feel sad.When I travel I find my desire to endure indoor swimming is really low, so much so that I'd probably take up a different sport or activity if I lived up north. Probably go back to hunting a lot more in the winter and then swim outdoors when it was available. Indoors anything is not my thing. This is why my swimming has such huge swings now. When I travel I just have zero desire to get into a stink room of chlorine with no outdoors so I will do an improvised dry land routine instead:/ Weather spoiled pussy here.
Tiger - I am surprised that you of all people find swimming inside hard!!! I too prefer the outdoor pool but, OTOH, I have no prob swimming inside whenever needed. As discussed in earlier posts, our indoor pool has a much better gutter system than our outdoor pool, so swimming inside is much "smoother" with less turbulence, plus the water is rarely too hot or too cold whereas outside is varies virtually every day. And what is this bull about a "stink room of chlorine"??? You are supposed to love the smell of chlorine!!! What is up with you??? You are verging on being a traitor to the swimmers tribe, who will swim in ANY pool, even if it is only 10 yds long:)
Well, I do swim in a salt water pool so I'm anti-chlorine a bit now. Plus the indoors are always so stinking hot. I'm a traitor though I admit. If I have a chance to go bag a whitetail or go swim? No contest. Venison wins. Fishing too. Swimming is my love right now until I retire and then it's fish/hunt and swimming takes a back seat. My retirement focus just takes too much darn time where swimming is 5 minutes from my living room:) But I do love to swim!