You Know You’re a Swimmer When…
- you collect swim caps.
- you critique the way people swim on TV or movies, because their technique is terrible.
- every conversation somehow reverts back to swimming.
- you can smell a pool from a mile away.
- You know you’re a swimmer when you wear flip flops and sandals year round.
- you are guilty of wearing socks with flip flops.
- you decorate your fins.
- you have gotten into a fight with the lane line during a backstroke set.
- there is nothing worse than a warm pool.
- You know you’re a swimmer when it’s ok for you to wear Crocs, but no one else.
- you regularly buy your suits two sizes too small.
- you have the sound of “take your marks… beep!” forever engrained in your mind.
- a 10:00 am practice on Saturday morning means you get to SLEEP IN!
- you acquire the ability to detect lightning from miles away.
- You know you’re a swimmer when your conversations take place in 15 second intervals.
- you find yourself doing random shoulder stretches in class or the office.
- you have a permanent suit tan.
- you can swim longer distances than you could ever run.
- you have gone two weeks without a normal shower.
- You know you’re a swimmer when waking up before dawn to exercise seems normal.
- jamming a piece of Styrofoam between your legs is not a kinky sexual activity.
- you would win an eating contest against a football player.
- you know how many tiles there are from one end of the pool to the other.
- your skin is always dry.
- You know you’re a swimmer when you have few non-swimmer friends because you can never hang out with them.
- you get excited about Speedo’s newest catalog.
- bugs die of chlorine poisoning when they land on your skin.
- you’ve learned how to squirt water 15 different ways.
- the first place you go when you’re stressed out is a swimming pool.
- You know you’re a swimmer when being fishlike is a compliment.
- you have a permanent suit, goggle, and cap tan.
- practice of only 5000 yards sounds like heaven to you.
- you have trouble fitting into clothes because your shoulders are so broad.
- you have mastered the art of deck changing.
- You know you’re a swimmer when you know who everyone in you lane is from their feet cause you bump into them so often.
- you have rings around your eyes unrelated to the amount you sleep you got.
- there are wet towels over every door in your house.
- nearly your entire wardrobe consists of swimming shirts, sweatshirts, shorts, and sweatpants.
- you sweat chlorine.
- You know you’re a swimmer when your hair is always wet, and ladies; your hair is always in a messy bun.
- you can’t understand why people worry about having a “bikini body” for the summer.
- you barely recognize fellow swimmers when they have dry hair and normal clothes on.
- there is nothing better than a continental breakfast.
- it is not weird for girls to stop shaving their legs, and for guys to start shaving theirs.
- You know you’re a swimmer when you swim between 2-4 hours a day, 5-7 days a week, for 7 months for a race that lasts less than 2 minutes.