13 Struggles Only Swimmers Understand

DON’T HANG ON THE LANE LINE

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[kai]

The worst is when you choke on the water that accidentally swallowed and can’t stop coughing

[kate]

*When you forget your stroke count when doing backstroke and hit your head*

[chickennuggets]

when your goggles accidentally leak in water but you gotta suffer till your lap is done

[orbiccc]

-Getting headaches from chlorine
-eating 50 pounds of food everyday
-going to bed at 6 o’clock
-very dry hair
-extremely tired always
-chlorine starting to bleach your hair
-waking up at 4 am to drive 2 FRICKEN HRS TO A SWIM MEET AAAAHHH

[chloegriffiths]

- Smelling like chlorine
- When someone doesn't go 5 seconds after
- Having dry/ashy skin after practice
- When your goggles fall off when you dive
- When you dive in and your cap starts to slip off

[xian]

my problems:
- goggles detaching
- goggles stop sucking your eye skin and water gets in
- when you take off your goggles and dive, it feels so nice
- you getting a fever

[oecircus]

Me: *swims*

Hair: feels like rubber, tied
Eyes: feel itchy
Nose: hydrated
Brain: hurts
Skin: chlorine

[柴峰-xr]

Ahhh, that feeling when practice is over. The best moments of my life.

[allik]

They missed...
-Getting water up your nose during back stroke
-Getting out of the pool without the ladder and scraping your shins
-Waiting
-Slapping the wall at the end of a lap
-Getting really thirsty and literally being in undrinkable water

[vulgarvenm]

As a swimmer I can add one: SIPPING ON STRAIGHT CHLORINE

[Amber-glzq]

MISSING THE WALL AT A TURN IS TOO RELATABLE

[notsohothottie]

That blissful moment when the water leaves your ear and you can hear correctly again

[DaniSiegel]

why am i, a non-swimmer, watching this??

[emilyylf]

Things only swimmer a understand about lockdown:

- Missing the water rushing up your nose when you tumble turn becuase even though its painfully its part of the fun
- missing the rush of cold water when you jump in the pool
- missing the butterfly's bouncing in your stomach before a race
- missing the feeling of doing a dive
- missing the pain in your thighs at the end of breastroke kicks
- missing the pain when your cap slaps on your head
- missing the feeling of water
- missing the smell of chlorine
- missing the warmth of the shower after practise

I'll never complain about swimming ever again...

[sunnyride]

1. When you share a line with many people and you accidentally touch each other in weird places but you just keep on swimming

2. the annoyance of someone tapping on your feet behind you

3. getting kicked in the face

don't forget these

[theaswinfield]

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[saraeskelson]

The missing the wall thing is literally the worst feeling ever

[erymkki]

- why are there 10 people in my lane
- trying to pass that one slow person
- or you are the slow person
- pre snacks: almonds and a banana
- post snacks: a burger, fries, a milkshake, cookies....
- warm up coach be like “lazy”
- WEIRD WARMUP DRILLS
- chlorine
-CHLORINE
- did I mention the CHLORINE

[kainatshah]

THIS GIRL IS ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE ohmygod

[strawberrymilkshake]

Let me add some more..
- When you accidentally dive wrong and your cap and goggles fall off.
- When you swim after removing your fins and you feel like you're not even moving.
- Butterfly makes me so tired I could throw up all my insides.
- Secretly doing freestyle kick underwater during a breastroke kick set. (oops)
- Singing while swimming during kick sets.
- Avoiding floating spits (eww)
- When you get out of the pool and you feel so heavy that you could fall right back in.