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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks all.  She is up just before 5 am to make 6 am practice and that is the rub: it is early!

But all this makes sense and helps me feel not so alone.  Thanks![/quote]

She's up at 5am to swim 2 hours and you're surprised she needs a nap?

This isn't a personal attack, but I feel like youth sports have gotten out of hand with these types or workouts as the norm if you want to do anything else besides rec level sports. When are we going to say it's enough?[/quote]

I swam at 5:30am in the 90s - before and after school plus weekend meets. I went to bed at 8 or 8:30pm until I left for college. Kept me out of trouble! [/quote]

Same! Long course practice was 5:30 every weekday morning in the summer. It was the only LC pool in the immediate area and we had to get practice in before other club teams and the summer league team needed it. During the school year it was 2-3 mornings per week plus every day after school and 3 hours each on Sat and Sun.

Post swim practice naps were the BEST. I would twitch so hard as I feel asleep and wake up hours later not even knowing what day it was. I loved my big naps on weekends in HS. In college I set my schedule so I could take a big nap between practice and my first class. It was the best feeling to dive back in bed after a big breakfast. I would dream that I had already woken up and was getting ready for class… those really messed with me. Other times I would experience sleep paralysis. The sleep schedule wasn’t ideal from an expert standpoint, but it was what my body needed. [/quote]

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