Nap-pooling To The Open Water
Training twice a day or upping the training distance can be especially fatiguing, especially if you have a job or family or are a student.But doing the rigorous two-a-day workouts can be made easier with a swim buddy or teammate who shares your compassion and willingness to train.
This is especially true if you live in the same area and carpool together to the pool and open water. For your swimming partner in a lane or in the open water can also serve as your co-driver in a swimmer’s carpool.
Mike Gustafson describes this luxury of teaming up with a co-driver as nap-pooling. That is, a nap-pool is a swimmer’s type of carpooling – or driving to swim practice together – with the understanding that the passenger gets to nap en route to practice.
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff.
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