26 Pictures That Are A Little Too Real For Swimmers

    Is it me, or does it smell like chlorine in here?

    Sam Stryker
    by Sam Stryker

    BuzzFeed Staff

    1. How you set your alarm, compared to how normal people set their alarm:

    2. Pretty much the greatest feeling in the world:

    3. Whenever your friends ask you to hang out:

    4. Ugh, this one is a little TOO true:

    5. And when your coach puts a distance stroke set on the board:

    6. When football players say swimming "isn't a real sport":

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    7. Also, this one, for all the lady swimmers:

    8. This catastrophe happening right before a race:

    9. When you didn't see anyone else finish the race, and you check the scoreboard:

    10. What happens when you put on your goggles:

    11. When you get back from vacation:

    12. Just this problem that happens during the summer:

    13. That feeling when you get back home from practice before anyone else has even woken up:

    14. Or maybe this might be more accurate:

    15. This one, for all those people who don't think swimming is a contact sport:

    16. BUT ACTUALLY:

    17. Yeah, this about sums it up:

    18. Basically EVERY time you hop into the pool:

    19. Yup, sounds about right:

    20. When you're gearing up for a big meet:

    21. When you have a LONG-ASS main set:

    22. Basically, what you think about after a long afternoon practice:

    23. This play on words, which makes WAY too much sense to anyone who's swam the 200 fly:

    24. How you feel when you are SO done with the other swimmers in your lane:

    25. When you take your goggles off:

    26. And finally, this: