Open-water swimmers talk about a specific sound that occurs right before entry, when the surface becomes silent and breath is…
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It hardly ever resembles what you see in movies. No desperate yelling, no flailing arms, and no spectacular splash that…
When you walk onto any pool deck on a Tuesday morning, you’ll witness the same scene repeatedly: swimmers pulling at…
After a long afternoon at the public pool, a child will make a specific sound that sounds like a half-whine,…
At six in the morning, a pool makes a certain noise. A coach’s voice echoing flat over the water, lane…
On the hottest day of the year, a certain silence descends upon a reservoir. The silence of warning signs that…
Some people arrive at the pool with a bottle of water, a towel, and a small wince as they descend…
When a doctor says the word “exercise” people with knee pain experience a certain kind of dread. It seems contradictory.…
The sound you make when using cold water is the first thing no one tells you. A sharp intake of…
Around eleven in the morning on a weekday, a certain silence falls over a community pool. Half-watching, the lifeguards lean…