I listen to music when I run (or walk) but never when I swim. Now you have me thinking I should try listening to something other that rushing sound in my ears when I swim. Also, reading this reminds me why I quit swim team and how happy I am to be able to swim at my own pace now.
Wow! I've been a swimmer off and on (you know, swim team as a kid—even won a medal—and later SF pools were the best exercise for staying alive while living there) but I don't think I could ever do that kind of distance. Especially not now after a year+ off. I love it, but I don't like trying too hard, I always liked doing a crawl at a rate where I could do three strokes (RLR or LRL) between breaths so I could balance out my damn neck tensions.
I tried the headphones thing too, with bone-conduction ones. I thought it would be excellent, but you're right that it can be distracting tempo-wise. (Also the bone-conduction ones are severely frequency-limited, so basically not great for modern recordings. Old jazz sounded pretty good, though.)
I listen to music when I run (or walk) but never when I swim. Now you have me thinking I should try listening to something other that rushing sound in my ears when I swim. Also, reading this reminds me why I quit swim team and how happy I am to be able to swim at my own pace now.
I'm in for the 60 x 50 challenge!! Training starts now.
Try listening to a book. That works for me on threadmills. I can't listen to them anywhere else. Works great for monotony.
And in that picture, you do look GREAT!!
Wow! I've been a swimmer off and on (you know, swim team as a kid—even won a medal—and later SF pools were the best exercise for staying alive while living there) but I don't think I could ever do that kind of distance. Especially not now after a year+ off. I love it, but I don't like trying too hard, I always liked doing a crawl at a rate where I could do three strokes (RLR or LRL) between breaths so I could balance out my damn neck tensions.
I tried the headphones thing too, with bone-conduction ones. I thought it would be excellent, but you're right that it can be distracting tempo-wise. (Also the bone-conduction ones are severely frequency-limited, so basically not great for modern recordings. Old jazz sounded pretty good, though.)