Warehousing Your Own Internal Lane Lines
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Skip Storch, a 2009 Honour Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame once swam three non-stop circumnavigations of Manhattan Island.
He described a fundamental difference between pool and open water swimmers, “It has always been my contention that lines are for swimmers that need balance and boundaries. The open water swimmer must warehouse his own internal lane lines and respect the boundaries of Mother Nature.”
In some ways, it reminds us of another perspective shared by Liz Fry.
During an in-depth interview with Laura Pappano of Fair Games News, the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Honour Swimmer from Connecticut described what she thinks about when she swims. “I don’t think about anything. It’s a complete blank. The only way I can describe it is as a dynamic meditation.”
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