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AquaticQuests
AquaticQuests Posts: 947 Member
edited March 7 in Social Groups
Any strange or unusual or noteworthy things you do arising out of your swimmer's lifestyle?

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  • AquaticQuests
    AquaticQuests Posts: 947 Member
    I now refer to swimming distances in yards/ miles/ kilometers rather than lengths :-)
  • NoelFigart1
    NoelFigart1 Posts: 1,276 Member
    What little body modesty I had is gone, I constantly smell of chlorine, and there are towels and bathing suits draped over chairs in my kitchen.

  • AquaticQuests
    AquaticQuests Posts: 947 Member
    I have a swimming bag in the car at all times, just in case...
    Oh - and the only time I wear a watch, is in the pool!
  • cw106
    cw106 Posts: 952 Member
    my greying hair is now bleached into blonde streaks,and is constantly frizzy,sticking up at weird angles.
  • Macstraw
    Macstraw Posts: 896 Member
    I also think/refer to my swims in terms of yards, check on the chlorine smell, got a set of hooks for the back of my bedroom door for suits/towels. I will carry a bag in the car just in case but only in certain circumstances (many of the times I can't swim I know I'm not going to get there at all). As for the hair thing, my Irish hair went all gray quite a while ago, but I was able to tame it once I discovered the Ultra Swim shampoo & conditioner. Before I started using it my hair was also starting to thin, but now it's back. I have noticed, however, that most of my body hair (chest, arms, legs) has mostly burned away.....
  • AquaticQuests
    AquaticQuests Posts: 947 Member
    Every so often, despite the use of ear plugs, water gets in and I'm half deaf for a couple of days, out of one or both ears!
  • Ms_J1
    Ms_J1 Posts: 253 Member
    AquaticQuests wrote: »
    I have a swimming bag in the car at all times, just in case...
    Oh - and the only time I wear a watch, is in the pool!

    I have about four pool towels I've left in the backseat. I keep them there because 1. I'm too lazy to bring them in or I forget, 2. they dry faster in the sun than when hanging them up in the bathroom, and 3. keeping them in the car means I won't be screwed when I forget to pack one.

  • AquaticQuests
    AquaticQuests Posts: 947 Member
    edited November 2014
    So it's safe to assume that Mac's bedroom smells of chlorine, as does Noel's kitchen and MS_J's car!
    And AQ's bathroom too!
    :smile:
  • NoelFigart1
    NoelFigart1 Posts: 1,276 Member
    My husband tell me he likes the smell of chlorine. When I smell of chlorine, I much more mellow.
  • Macstraw
    Macstraw Posts: 896 Member
    Pretty much, AQ, LOL....

    Got back in the pool today: 250 free, 500 free, 1000 free, 5 x 200 I.M., 300 free, 2 x 200 I.M., 3 x 100 I.M., 1000 free, 500 free

    Got fire alarmed out of doing my last 250 cool down, thankfully I treat the last 500 & 250 as a cool down so my muscles did have a chance to cool off properly. I did, however, run into the locker room & change real quick before evacuating - since nothing in the pool or locker room was burning (the whole thing looks like it was a false alarm anyway), I wasn't going to go stand outside on 43 degrees, soaking wet in just a bathing suit.......

    Next time back to the pool is likely Thursday, although I am going to try for Tuesday evening at our local school just to get some yardage in....
  • AquaticQuests
    AquaticQuests Posts: 947 Member
    Lol! And you'd think the safest place to be during a fire is in the swimming pool! Sometimes, I wonder if some cheeky lifeguards set off those things on purpose! :smile:
  • Macstraw
    Macstraw Posts: 896 Member
    Ahhhh, THIS is where I wound up posting yesterday's swim - I just put it in the "Did You Swim Today" thread. I THOUGHT I had posted yesterday but didn't see it there & thought I was going crazy....lol....

    I don't think the lifeguard did it (this time) because he seemed to be aggravated about having to go outside...lol
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