On the week after Christmas my swim coach gave to me:
a bad case of chlorine burn
Courtesy of FGCU Athletics
2 sore shoulders
Thiago Pereira has impressive shoulder flexibility. Foto: Satiro Sodre/SSPress.
3 angry coaches
4 loads of laundry
5 doses of Advil
6 laneline bruises
7 freezing ice packs
8 snoozed alarms
9 tubes of lotion
10 chipped nails
UCLA’s caps may be more of a royal blue, but their fingernails are sporting that baby blue. (Courtesy: Janna Schulze)
11 pairs of sweatpants
Kyle Stolk at the FINA Short Course Worlds Windsor, Canada (photo: Mike Lewis)
12,000 yards of free
courtesy of Ian McNichol/Scottish Swimming