Armstrong and USMS - Swimming world article

love this quote! so i'm stuck in a dead end job that has zero sense of accomplishment - so i go to practice 3 to 4 times a week, train hard, have goals and want to improve to get some sort of good feeling in my life and according to you, i have "issues"?!?! would i get physically violent to any extent during a swim meet for any reason? no - because 99.9% of masters swimmers are there to enjoy themselves and they want YOU to have fun too. given, i have only been participating in masters for the last 2 years, but i have yet to encounter ANYONE who makes a swim meet an unpleasent event just because they can. Me too! And add raising a special needs kid. But swimming is fun and gives me laffs! And maybe even if I drop 2 seconds in the slowest heat.. I feel like a rock star! and I practice just as hard as the fast ones( 4 x's a week, plus drylands).. There's no charade.. I'm a 37 year old working mom who chooses to compete to have fun! And takes my swimming serious!

love this quote! so i'm stuck in a dead end job that has zero sense of accomplishment - so i go to practice 3 to 4 times a week, train hard, have goals and want to improve to get some sort of good feeling in my life and according to you, i have "issues"?!?! would i get physically violent to any extent during a swim meet for any reason? no - because 99.9% of masters swimmers are there to enjoy themselves and they want YOU to have fun too. given, i have only been participating in masters for the last 2 years, but i have yet to encounter ANYONE who makes a swim meet an unpleasent event just because they can. Me too! And add raising a special needs kid. But swimming is fun and gives me laffs! And maybe even if I drop 2 seconds in the slowest heat.. I feel like a rock star! and I practice just as hard as the fast ones( 4 x's a week, plus drylands).. There's no charade.. I'm a 37 year old working mom who chooses to compete to have fun! And takes my swimming serious!