Jul 15, 2025
swim culture is dual-wielding sprint butterfly and distance freestyle as my best two event types........ doing the 500 free and 50 fly at the same meet is jarring
i am so sorry 🙏🙏
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swim culture is dual-wielding sprint butterfly and distance freestyle as my best two event types........ doing the 500 free and 50 fly at the same meet is jarring
i am so sorry 🙏🙏
pov you're a swimmer.
your hair is dry from either chlorine or sea salt. you gotta choose or you gotta pick both. either way, you're still a swimmer. whether you're a pool swimmer or a sea swimmer. you'd still have dry hair from all that swimming.
some of y’all never pretended to be a mermaid at the pool and it shows
as a swimmer
what pisses me off are the people who can’t swim a 100 free under even 2 minutes who dont!! let!! me!! pass!! them!! and continue to kick me in the face. fuck off.
sincerely, everyone in your fucking lane
Okay I know free! Is a long finished anime but as a swimmer I just want to talk about this for a bit. Now, with Sosuke. This is a situation that is very close to me. I nearly cried watching this due to first and secondhand experience. Swimming injuries are fatal. One injury can change everything. With me? I overstrained my muscles, depending on one side of my body to propel myself forward. It was damaging. But I was lucky. It was identified quickly, my coach immediately changing my training and allowing me to recover. My friend? Not so lucky. She injured her shoulder, almost exactly like Sosuke did. She wouldn't complain, wouldn't speak up, and she overworked herself. She overtrained herself just to make nationals... And her body couldn't cope. She spent (and still does spend) hours in rehabilitation. But she knows she'll never recover. As sad as it is? That's it for her. All so that she could make summer nationals and qualify for the Olympics. She still swims, but she can't keep up. Its been four years now. This hit me hard at the struggles faced, ones so close to my own. Another thing I experienced? The expectations, like Haru. I was being pushed to win regionals and make nationals, alongside another boy at my club. He made it. I couldn't. Similar to Haru, in the middle of my 200m backstroke at regionals, I choked on water at the beginning of the race. I was fine, but my head wasn't in it. I couldn't think straight, I felt like I was drowning. I couldn't breathe through my thoughts. I stopped after 150m and got out. I couldn't do it. And it just makes it so much better, to be able to relate to these characters. I don't even know why I'm writing this. Maybe to motivate myself to train harder and make nationals next year. Maybe to show how real these experiences are. Maybe for sympathy. Whatever it is, thanks for reading all of this, and reblog, like or even send me a message. (Sorry its so long ;~;)
Swim culture is not resting when anyone tells you to until it’s your coach telling you to rest
ok i cannot relate to this one 💔
Swim culture is seeing that little girl who is by herself at the swim meet with no friends, and getting flashbacks.
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swim culture is you and your teammates constantly being injured (shout out to breaststrokers with knee problems) (me)
omg me too !!! hi there fellow member of the bad knees gang